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Key challenges of health care workers in implementing the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) program: a scoping review

Global Health Action, 2020
Background: Several evaluative studies demonstrate that a well-coordinated Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) program can reduce child mortality.
Mark Donald Reñosa, Sarah Dalglish, Kate Bärnighausen, Shannon McMahon   +3 more
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Factors associated with delays in the search for care in under-5 deaths in Yucatán, Mexico

Salud Pública de México, 2021
Objective. We examined delays during the search for care and associations with mother, child, or health services characteristics, and with symptoms reported prior to death. Materials and methods.
Bernardo Hernández-Prado, Elsa María Rodríguez-Angulo, Erin B Palmisano, Ricardo Ojeda-Rodríguez, Rafael Javier Ojeda-Baranda, María Guadalupe Andueza-Pecha, Louisa M Johnson, Alan Chen, Casey Johanns, Neal Marquez, Aruna M Kamath, Joseph N Camarda, Abraham D Flaxman   +12 more
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Child mortality estimation: accelerated progress in reducing global child mortality, 1990-2010.

PLoS Medicine, 2012
Monitoring development indicators has become a central interest of international agencies and countries for tracking progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
Kenneth Hill, Danzhen You, Mie Inoue, Mikkel Z Oestergaard, Technical Advisory Group of United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation   +4 more
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Infant-Child Mortality and Maternal Employment in Nigeria [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2021
Recently, scholars have focused on assessing economic progress within countries via some important development indicators including infant-child mortality and maternal employment.
Nnenna Igboanugo Ifunanyachukwu, Muibi Saibu Olufemi   +1 more
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Age patterns of under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa during 1990‒2018: A comparison of estimates from demographic surveillance with full birth histories and the historic record

Demographic Research, 2021
Background: Estimates of under-5 mortality (U5M) for sub-Saharan African populations often rely heavily on full birth histories (FBHs) collected in surveys and model age patterns of mortality calibrated against vital statistics from other populations ...
Hallie Eilerts, Julio Romero Prieto, Jeffrey Eaton, Georges Reniers   +3 more
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The dynamic role of household structure on under-5 mortality in southern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa

Demographic Research, 2023
Background: Children are born and grow up in households, where they receive essential care, including time, socio-psychological support, and economic resources.
Ashira Menashe-Oren, Philippe Bocquier, Carren Ginsburg, Yacouba Compaoré, Mark Collinson   +4 more
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Things That Take from People’s Bodies: Rumours about Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling and Evil Spirits in Ethiopia

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2022
In this paper we describe how the innovative technique of minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) and the researchers associated with it came to represent the fears, anger, and suspicions of a community in Eastern Ethiopia.
Caroline Ackley, Ketema Degefa, Eyoel Taye, Nega Assefa, Mohamed Aliyi, Getahun Wakwaya   +5 more
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Calciferol Status and Clinical Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease after Heart Surgery

Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2023
Highlights: Calciferol has cardioprotective properties, and a severe deficiency of calciferol is associated with septic shock, a longer duration of mechanical ventilation and treatment in the intensive care unit, and mortality.  The role of calciferol
Zulham Effendy, Tri Yanti Rahayuningsih, Fachrul Razi, Hendra Kurniawan, Azmi, Farhan Marzuki, Herdianta, Rovy Pratama   +7 more
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Mass distribution of azithromycin and child mortality among underweight infants in rural Niger: a subgroup analysis of the AVENIR cluster-randomised trial. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Peterson B, Arzika A, Maliki R, Abdou A, Aichatou B, Bello IM, Beidi D, Galo N, Harouna N, Karamba AM, Mahamadou S, Abarchi M, Ibrahim A, Lebas E, Liu Z, Brandt C, Colby E, Oldenburg CE, Porco TC, Arnold B, Lietman TM, O'Brien KS.   +21 more
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Placental Abruption and Child Mortality [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2018
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Placental abruption causes asphyxia and leads to high perinatal mortality. Our objective was to study the overall mortality and causes of death among children born after placental abruption.METHODS:Data on children born from singleton pregnancies complicated by placental abruption between 1987 and 2005 were collected from the ...
Luukkaala T., Paavonen Jorma, Metsäranta Marjo, Nuutila Mika, Tikkanen Minna, Riihimäki Outi, Andersson Sture, Paavonen Jorma, Metsäranta Marjo, Nuutila Mika, Tikkanen Minna, Riihimäki Outi, Andersson Sture, Gissler Mika   +13 more
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