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 +7 more
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Under-5 mortality trends and leading causes of death in Greece, 2016-2020: A nationwide study [PDF]
Public Health in PracticeObjectives: To examine recent trends and cause-specific patterns of under-5 mortality in Greece and to identify demographic and regional variations using ICD-10–based national data. Study design: Nationwide population-based retrospective study.
Maria Tzoraki +5 more
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Gender and Economic Inequality in under-5 Mortality in India from 2000 to 2022 [PDF]
International Journal of Preventive MedicineBackground: Under-5 mortality serves as a critical indicator of the population’s overall health and effectiveness of the healthcare system. Reduction in under-5 mortality is a key global health goal, access to healthcare, nutrition, and sanitation ...
Subrat K. Pradhan +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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Under-5 mortality in Tanzania: a demographic scenario.
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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Environment International, 2022 Background: Under-5 mortality rate is an important indicator in Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals. To date, no nationally representative studies have examined the effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution on ...
Chunhua He +13 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 PediatricsBackground 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 +3 more
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The effects of Ghana's capitation policy on hospital Under-5 mortality in the Ashanti Region. [PDF]
Ghana Med J, 2022 Objective: The study estimated the capitation policy’s effect on the under-5 mortality (U5MR) rate in hospitals in Ashanti Region.Design: We used an interrupted time series design to estimate the impact from secondary data obtained from the DHIMS-2 database.
Yambah JK, Kuunibe N, Atinga RA, Laar K.
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Explaining the Correlates of Child Mortality and Under-5 Survival in Nigeria
Medical and Health Science JournalBackground: 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 +1 more
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Lessons from Peru to reduce under-5 mortality: understanding program implementation and context [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Health policymakers aiming to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) often lack data regarding how successful interventions in other countries were implemented.
Patricia J. García +4 more
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