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Beyond Child Survival: The Evolving Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections and Emerging Pathogens (1990-2023)
By MedXY|Jan 7, 2026
The GBD 2023 study highlights a 33.4% reduction in pediatric LRI mortality since 2010, yet 2.5 million annual deaths persist. While Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the primary pathogen, newly modeled aetiologies like non-tuberculous mycoba

