Dear Collaborators,

We are pleased to share with you a preliminary version of the paper “Mapping 132 million neonatal, infant, and child deaths between 2000 and 2017”, produced as part of the Local Burden of Disease (LBD) project. For more information about LBD, see below.

 

We intend to submit this manuscript to Nature. This means that it does not contain an Abstract or Research in Context section, something you may be used to seeing with papers in The Lancet or other journals. Please note that the Methods section is currently included in the Supplemental Information.

To review the draft manuscript, please visit:

Cloud folder: https://cloud.ihme.washington.edu/index.php/s/8P23oo5AsJA4CGt

Password: u5m2019_stage2

In addition to the draft manuscript, this folder also contains:

·       Extended Methods, detailing the data and analytical process

·       2 tables showing the data sources used and the data sources excluded from the model

·       3 infographics with information about the LBD project and the data we use

After reviewing the draft manuscript, please provide any feedback you may have at the link provided here: https://ihmeuw.wufoo.com/forms/q1aqr35w0nyfz2e/

·       Please draft comments using bullets in Microsoft Word or another word processing program and divide them into the categories listed.

·       To submit, copy each section of comments into the appropriate text box; send any attachments to gbdsec@uw.edu.

 

Please note that the deadline for sending any comments is Tuesday, January 29, 2019.

On the date above, we will close access to the password-protected site in order to incorporate suggestions. We will be unable to incorporate any changes requested after this date, as we are moving forward with paper submission. Regardless, we will review all comments in detail, and suggestions will be taken into consideration for future LBD publications.

Lastly, please remember that you are receiving privileged access to this draft as a LBD collaborator; the manuscript and the estimates contained therein are confidential and should not be cited or circulated.

Thank you again for your collaboration. We look forward to improving this manuscript with your help.

Best Regards,

GBD Secretariat

About the Local Burden of Disease Project: The Local Burden of Disease (LBD) project aims to produce and regularly update estimates and maps of selected health outcomes and related measures that cover entire continents, at a very fine, local resolution. Such estimates will allow decision-makers to target resources and health interventions precisely, so that health policy decisions can be tailored for local areas rather than for entire countries. Producing 5-by-5-kilometer estimates for entire continents and, eventually, the world, will give health officials and decision makers everywhere the tools to make locally informed decisions and help all people live longer, healthier lives. These maps are made freely available to guide the public health efforts of all who wish to use them. The maps that have already been released may be accessed through online visualization tools. For a short project summary click here.