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Child mortality in rural India [PDF]
Journal of Population Economics, 2009 This paper focuses on infant and child mortality in rural areas of India. We construct a flexible duration model, which allows for frailty at multiple levels and interactions between the child's age and individual, socioeconomic, and environmental characteristics. The model is estimated using the Indian National Family and Health Survey 1998/1999.
van der Klaauw, Bas, Wang, Limin
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Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria’s Igbo
, 2018 We use historical and modern data on the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria to assess the relationship between polygamy and child mortality. We examine several possible channels for this correlation, and test its sensitivity to observable characteristics of ...
V. Arthi, James Fenske
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PLoS Medicine, 2017 Background Despite substantial financial contributions by the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) since 2006, no studies have carefully assessed how this program may have affected important population-level health outcomes.
A. Jakubowski +4 more
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Life‐Threatening Bradycardia in Anti‐NMDA‐Receptor Encephalitis and a Novel Use for Permanent Pacing
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pediatric anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to manage.
Sarah Tucker +9 more
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The Double African Paradox: What does selective mortality tell us? [PDF]
We study the relationship between height stature and child mortality in West Africa. This is motivated by two things: understanding the determinants of height, widely used health indicator, and explaining the « double African paradox ».
Rouanet, Léa
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick +14 more
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Early Childbirth, Health Inputs and Child Mortality: Recent Evidence from Bangladesh [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing, parental use of health inputs and child mortality in Bangladesh. In order to account for the potential endogeneity of the age at birth and use of health inputs, (hospital delivery and child
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli +5 more
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Assessing levels and trends of child health inequality in 88 developing countries: from 2000 to 2014
Global Health Action, 2017 Background: Reducing child mortality was one of the Millennium Development Goals. In the current Sustainable Development Goals era, achieving equity is prioritized as a major aim.
Zhihui Li +3 more
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