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Child mortality estimation 2013: an overview of updates in estimation methods by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In September 2013, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) published an update of the estimates of the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and under-five deaths for all countries.
Leontine Alkema +5 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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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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The effect of distance to formal health facility on childhood mortality in rural Tanzania, 2005–2007 [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2012 Background: Major improvements are required in the coverage and quality of essential childhood interventions to achieve Millennium Development Goal Four (MDG 4). Long distance to health facilities is one of the known barriers to access.
Daniel Kadobera +4 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 +4 more
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Redução da mortalidade infantil e cumprimento do Objetivo de Desenvolvimento do Milênio 4 no Brasil
Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 2022 This work aims to analyze the conditions that affect the probability of a Brazilian municipality reaching the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4), considering the period from 2000 to 2015.
Sarah Geciellen Cabral Braz +1 more
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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 +5 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 +12 more
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