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Under-5 mortality in Tanzania: a demographic scenario. [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2012
The government of the United Republic of Tanzania has initiated the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.Tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average ...
A Sathiya Susuman, Hamisi F Hamisi
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Trends and Factors Associated with Under-5 Mortality in Northwest Nigeria (2008–2018) [PDF]

Annals of Global Health, 2022
Background: The Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) revealed that the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in the northwest geopolitical zone (NWGZ), Nigeria, increased by 1.1% from 185 to 187 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2013 and 2018 ...
Osita K. Ezeh, Anastasia O. Odumegwu, Gladys H. Oforkansi, Uchechukwu D. Abada, Felix A. Ogbo, Piwuna C. Goson, Tanko Ishaya, Kingsley E. Agho   +7 more
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Explaining the Correlates of Child Mortality and Under-5 Survival in Nigeria [PDF]

Medical and Health Science Journal
Background: Survival of children under-5 is among the foremost public health concerns that has been pursued in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Thonaeng Charity Molelekoa, Abayomi Samuel Oyekale   +1 more
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Understanding rapid implementation from discovery to scale: Rwanda’s implementation of rotavirus vaccines and PMTCT in the quest to reduce under-5 mortality [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Background Over the last eight decades, many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been developed to reduce amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research can help reduce the lag between discovery and delivery, including as new EBIs emerge,
Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Caroline Beyer, Kateri B. Donahoe, Agnes Binagwaho   +5 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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Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Oshikhandass is a rural village in northern Pakistan where a 1989–1991 verbal autopsy study showed that diarrhea and pneumonia were the top causes of under-5 mortality. Intensive surveillance, active community health education and child health
C. L. Hansen, B. J. J. McCormick, S. I. Azam, K. Ahmed, J. M. Baker, E. Hussain, A. Jahan, A. F. Jamison, S. L. Knobler, N. Samji, W. H. Shah, D. J. Spiro, E. D. Thomas, C. Viboud, Z. A. Rasmussen, for the Oshikhandass Diarrhea and Pneumonia Project   +15 more
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An analysis of cause-specific under-5 mortality in Bangladesh using the demographic and health survey 2011 and 2017–2018 [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Background As the Sustainable Development Goal 3.2.1 deadline (2030) approaches, rapidly reducing under-5 mortality (U5M) gains more prominence. However, initiatives or interventions that aided Bangladesh in achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 showed
Tapas Mazumder, Itismita Mohanty, Danish Ahmad, Theo Niyonsenga   +3 more
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Lessons from Peru to reduce under-5 mortality: understanding program implementation and context [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Background Health policymakers aiming to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) often lack data regarding how successful interventions in other countries were implemented.
Patricia J. García, Anna Larson Williams, Marco H. Carcamo, Amelia VanderZanden, Agnes Binagwaho   +4 more
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Maintaining Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Under-5 Mortality During COVID-19 in Rwanda: Lessons Learned through Implementation Research [PDF]

Annals of Global Health
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in drops in access to and availability of a number of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) across a wide range of countries, including Rwanda.
Alemayehu Amberbir, Felix Sayinzoga, Kedest Mathewos, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Agnes Binagwaho   +6 more
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Development and application of a hybrid implementation research framework to understand success in reducing under-5 mortality in Rwanda [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

Gates Open Research, 2021
Background: We describe the development and testing of a hybrid implementation research (IR) framework to understand the pathways, successes, and challenges in addressing amenable under-5 mortality (U5M) – deaths preventable through health system ...
Miriam Frisch, Amelia VanderZanden, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Kedest Mathewos, Kateri Donahoe, Agnes Binagwaho, Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn   +7 more
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