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Understanding the effects of siblings on child mortality: evidence from India [PDF]
, 2006 Given the intrinsically sequential nature of child birth, timing of a child’s birth has consequences not only for itself, but also for the older and younger siblings.
Pal, S, Makepeace, G
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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]
, 2012 Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Causes of death among infants and children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network [PDF]
, 2023 Importance The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 ...
Assefa, Nega +40 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Child mortality is an important social indicator that describes the health conditions of a country as well as determines the country’s overall socio-economic development. The Government of Pakistan has been struggling to reduce child mortality
Muhammad Farhan Asif +5 more
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Children, 2023 There is widespread agreement that improved health should be regarded as a means and an end in the context of the development process. The health of the populace and the equitable provision of healthcare are two indicators of a society’s level of ...
Muhammad Farhan Asif +5 more
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On Hunger and Child Mortality in India [PDF]
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011 Despite accelerated growth there is pervasive hunger, child undernutrition and mortality in India. Our analysis focuses on their determinants. Raising living standards alone will not reduce hunger and undernutrition. Reduction of rural/urban disparities, income inequality, consumer price stabilization, and mothers’ literacy all have roles of varying ...
Raghav Gaiha +3 more
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Demographic Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук, 2019 The demographic transition is a global phenomenon but sub-Saharan Africa is several decades late. The quantitative characteristics of the region are well known, but they are insufficient to explain the lags even though sub-Saharan Africa is rightly taken
IVANOV Sergey Felixovich
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Characterization of Innovation to Fight Child Mortality: A Systematic Scoping Review
International Journal of Public Health, 2022 Objectives: This study aims to summarize how child mortality—a Sustainable Development Goal stated by the United Nations—has been explicitly addressed in the context of innovations.Methods: A scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR Statement was ...
Bruno Filipe Coelho Da Costa +5 more
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