The burden of acute respiratory infection in children under 5 attributable to economic inequality in low- and middle-income countries
Our study revealed a protective effect of economic status on preventing ARI in children under 5 years of age. The considerable burden of childhood ARI was attributable to the economic inequality in LMICs. Optimising the allocation of economic resources can safeguard child health.
Authors
- Yicong Wang
- Tianjia Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-2898)
- Wei‐Zen Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8543-2600)
- Ting Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-5179)
- Tao Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-2307)
- Hailu Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8066-0175)
- Zhaoyang Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2315-7679)
- Hanchao Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4551-4614)
- Ke Huang
- Congrong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-1114)
- Qi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-9973)
- Xueyan Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-9682)
- Jiarun Mi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-7132)
Institutions
- Academy of Medical Sciences (GB)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- National Clinical Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017409
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.48
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China