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Carl Heneghan

Carl Heneghan

Deputy Director of the CEBM, GP and clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford.

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Ami Banerjee

Cardiology trainee and clinical research fellow at the University of Oxford

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    17th September 2009 12:51pm

    The poverty and premature death paradox   Carl Heneghan

    ‘Poverty is as a strong a predictor of premature death today as it was a century ago’ reported a study on BMJ online this week. The study examined the geographical relationship between mortality and deprivation at the start of the 20th and 21st Century. Although there was a change in the number of deaths over this time, modern patterns of mortality and deprivation remain strongly linked to the patterns of a hundred years ago.

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    4th May 2009 09:34am

    A mother’s height is associated with her child’s development and mortality   Ami Banerjee

    More than 25% of global child mortality occurs in India (greater than 2 million deaths in children younger than 5 years) [1]. The spectrum of child underdevelopment runs from underweight to stunting and wasting. Nearly half of Indian children are underweight and 70% are anaemic [2]. Therefore, studies of the causes of mortality and nutritional outcomes in children should include representative data from India. Last week’s JAMA reported a study conducted in India which investigated the role of a mother’s height in determining her child’s mortality and development [3].

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