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Describe the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide among children and adolescents and suggest ways that they might be alleviated.
Week 4 Discussion Forum Answer
Morbidity and mortality rates among children around the world continue to rise with the prevalence of worsening health, social, socioeconomic, and global issues; the increasing problems of health conditions among children trigger the skyrocketing rates around the world. According to Ezeonwu et al (2014), the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children are “malaria, respiratory tract infection, and diarrheal diseases”; however, the UNICEF (2021) asserted that under-five mortality rates has fallen by half since 1990