Under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: is maternal age at first childbirth below 20 years a risk factor? [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives This study aimed at examining the association between young maternal age at first childbirth and under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Ahinkorah BO.
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Acute Malnutrition and Under-5 Mortality, Northeastern Part of India. [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2010 We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed.
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Estimated impact of the 2020 economic downturn on under-5 mortality for 129 countries. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), economic downturns can lead to increased child mortality by affecting dietary, environmental, and care-seeking factors.
Cardona M +4 more
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Do precarious female employment and political autonomy affect the under-5 mortality rate? Evidence from 166 countries. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were designed to benefit the globalized world by safeguarding economic and environmental resources necessary for quality health and well-being and moderate growth and development. The study focused
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Identifying determinants of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh: A machine learning approach with BDHS 2022 data. [PDF]
PLoS OneBackground Under-5 mortality in Bangladesh remains a critical indicator of public health and socio-economic development. Traditional methods often struggle to capture the complex, non-linear relationships influencing under-5 mortality.
Naznin S, Uddin MJ, Kabir A.
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Reductions in under-5 mortality and public health improvements of the China Healthy Cities (Counties) initiative: a nationwide quasi-experimental study. [PDF]
BMJ Glob Health, 2022 Introduction The China Healthy Cities (Counties) public health initiative has been at the forefront of China’s efforts to counteract the growing challenges in the urban environment since the 1990s.
Yue D, Chen X, Zhu Y, Macinko J, Meng Q.
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Modeling Age Patterns of Under-5 Mortality: Results From a Log-Quadratic Model Applied to High-Quality Vital Registration Data. [PDF]
Demography, 2022 Information about how the risk of death varies with age within the 0-5 age range represents critical evidence for guiding health policy. This study proposes a new model for summarizing regularities about how under-5 mortality is distributed by detailed ...
Guillot M +3 more
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Exploring spatiotemporal trends and impacts of health resources and services on under-5 mortality in West African countries, 2010–2019: a spatial data analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundWest African countries experienced the highest under-5 mortality rate (U5MR), the lowest life expectancy, and the poorest economic development. This study aimed to explore the spatiotemporal trend of U5MR and spatial spillover effects of health
Meng Zeng, Lu Niu
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Under-5 Mortality in Central America: 1990–2016 [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2021 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We aimed to calculate the change in under-5 mortality rates (U5MRs) (1990–2016), to assess countries’ status regarding Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2.1 (reducing the U5MR to ≤25 deaths per 1000 live births by 2030), to list the ...
Franz, Castro +6 more
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Under-5 Mortality and Its Associated Factors in Northern Nigeria: Evidence from 22,455 Singleton Live Births (2013-2018). [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 The northern geopolitical zones (NGZs) continue to report the highest under-5 mortality rates (U5MRs) among Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. This study was designed to identify factors related to under-5 mortality (U5M) in the NGZs.
Ezeh OK +7 more
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