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Child mortality in Dublin [PDF]

The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, 1889
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An Analysis of Anemia and Child Mortality [PDF]

The Journal of Nutrition, 2001
The relationship of anemia as a risk factor for child mortality was analyzed by using cross-sectional, longitudinal and case-control studies, and randomized trials. Five methods of estimation were adopted: 1) the proportion of child deaths attributable to anemia; 2) the proportion of anemic children who die in hospital studies; 3) the population ...
Brabin, B.J., Premji, Zul, Verhoeff, F.
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Predictive model and determinants of under-five child mortality: evidence from the 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey

BMC Public Health, 2019
BackgroundGlobally, millions of children aged below 5 years die every year and some of these deaths could have been prevented. Though a global problem, under-five mortality is also a major public health problem in Ghana with a rate of 60 deaths per 1000 ...
J. Aheto
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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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Infant and Child Mortality

Nature, 2019
This chapter presents information on mortality among children under five years of age. The rates shown provide information on levels and time trends in mortality as well as differentials between population subgroups.
N. Kasiev, Jeremiah M. Sullivan, Duishe K. Kudayarov, Talaibek S. Builashev   +3 more
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Using the Lives Saved Tool as part of evaluations of community case management programs

Journal of Global Health, 2014
Integrated community case management (iCCM) has been recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce mortality among children in populations with limited access to facility–based health care providers. Although many countries have introduced iCCM,
Ingrid K. Friberg, Neff Walker
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Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019
The delivery of basic health products and services remains abysmal in many parts of the world where child mortality is high. This paper shows the results from a large-scale randomized evaluation of a novel approach to health care delivery.
M. B. Nyqvist, Andrea Guariso, J. Svensson, David Yanagizawa-Drott   +3 more
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
A Amouzou, AR Hosseinpoor, C Kurowski, CG Victora, CG Victora, D Gwatkin, D McIntyre, DR Gwatkin, E Zere, E Zere, Frida N Ngalesoni, FutureInstitute, George M Ruhago, H Masanja, I Rudan, J Boerma, J Bryce, L Say, M Fox, M Islam, M Munga, MC Hogan, MOHSW, MOHSW, N Daniels, N Kakwani, N Walker, NBS[Tanzania] and ORCMacro, Ole F Norheim, R Lozano, S Thomsen, T Mkandawire, TH Julian, UNICEF, W DeCormier-Plosky, W Winfrey, W.H.O   +36 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, Augusta Pelinski Raiher   +1 more
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Have inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific child mortality between countries declined across the world?

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Comparing the distribution of all cause or cause-specific child mortality in countries by income and its progress over time has not been rigorously monitored, and hence remains unknown.
Seungman Cha, Yan Jin
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