Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis.

By R. Black, S. Cousens, H. Johnson, Joy Lawn, I. Rudan, Diego G Bassani, P. Jha, H. Campbell, C. Walker, R. Cibulskis and 3 more. The Lancet, 2010

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Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: an overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness. (2014, background): “Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of under-5 mortality, responsible for 18% of deaths (17).”
Sanitation and Health (2010, neutral): “deaths in this age group [13].”
Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality (2011, background): “34 million deaths among children ages 0-59 months and continues to act as the second leading cause of death in this age group [8], it is important to quantify the preventive effect of breastfeeding practices on diarrhea-specific morbidity and mortality.”
Global, regional, and national estimates of rotavirus mortality in children <5 years of age, 2000–2013 (2016, background): “dated to 752 000 diarrheal deaths among children <5 years of age in 2008, a 39% decline from the previous 2008 estimate in 2010 [14, 15].”
Sepsis and septic shock. (2018, background): “18 Sepsis can be a terminal event in patients who are already dying from other causes (eg, terminal cancer).”
Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection. (2011, neutral): “(%) 71/712 (10) 73/694 (11) 65/685 (9) 209/2091 (10)”