The difference in deaths of young children in developed and developing countries shows that the majority of causes are preventable. Accordingly, the major causes of death are infectious, parasitic, respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases which are easily preventable in the developed world
Kusiyana kwa imfa za ana aang’ono m’maiko otukuka ndi otukuka kumene kumasonyeza kuti zoyambitsa zambiri n’zopeŵeka. Chifukwa chake, zomwe zimayambitsa imfa ndi matenda opatsirana, tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, kupuma ndi kutsekula m'mimba zomwe zimapeŵeka mosavuta m'mayiko otukuka 