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Risk factors of child mortality in Ethiopia: Application of multilevel two-part model

PLoS ONE, 2020
The child mortality rate is an essential measurement of socioeconomic growth and the quality of life in Ethiopia which is one among the six countries that account for half of the global under-five deaths.
Setegn Muche Fenta, H. Fenta
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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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Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background Under-five mortality rate is a leading indicator of the level of child health and the overall development in countries which indicate the quality of life of a given population, as measured by life expectancy. Objectives To identify and analyze
Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, A. Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew   +2 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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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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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 burden of anthropometric failure and child mortality in India

Scientific Reports, 2020
The public health burden of nutritional deficiency and child mortality is the major challenge India is facing upfront. In this context, using National Family Health Survey, 2015–16 data, this study estimated rate of composite index of anthropometric ...
Junaid Khan, S. Das
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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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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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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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