Systematic estimates of the global, regional and national under-5 mortality burden attributable to birth defects in 2000-2019: a summary of findings from the 2020 WHO estimates. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives To examine the potential for bias in the estimate of under-5 mortality due to birth defects recently produced by the WHO and the Maternal and Child Epidemiology Estimation research group. Design Systematic analysis.
Perin J +8 more
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Newborns and Under-5 Mortality in Ethiopia: The Necessity to Revitalize Partnership in Post-COVID-19 Era to Meet the SDG Targets. [PDF]
J Prim Care Community Health, 2021 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted during the United Nations meeting in 2015 to succeed Millennium Development Goals. Among the health targets, SDG 3.2 is to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age by 2030.
Tefera YG, Ayele AA.
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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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Greenness on mortality of infant and under-5 child: A nationwide study in 147 Chinese cities
Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyBackground: Higher greenness was associated with a lower risk of adult mortality. However, the effects of greenness on the mortality of infant and child under-5 have not been fully examined.
Lina Zhang +13 more
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Maternal Age at Birth and under-5 Mortality in Nigeria [PDF]
East African Journal of Public Health, 2009 The paper examined the impact of maternal age at birth on under-5 death in Nigeria. Secondary data were generated from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys in examining the relationship between maternal age at birth and under-5 mortality risk.
Agunbiade, Ojo +3 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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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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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 +15 more
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Temporal trends and inequality in under-5 mortality from diarrhea [PDF]
Jornal de Pediatria, 2009 Objetivo: Analisar a tendência da mortalidade por diarreia entre menores de 5 anos, no município de Osasco (SP), entre 1980 e 2000. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo observacional com dois delineamentos.
MELLI, Lígia Cristina Fonseca Lahoz +1 more
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Gender Discrimination and Excess Female Under-5 Mortality in India: A New Perspective Using Mixed-Sex Twins. [PDF]
Demography, 2020 Son preference has been linked to excess female under-5 mortality in India, and considerable literature has explored whether parents invest more resources in sons relative to daughters—which we refer to as explicit discrimination—leading to girls’ poorer
Kashyap R, Behrman J.
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