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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Factors associated with under-5 mortality in three disadvantaged East African districts. [PDF]

Int Health, 2020
Background The high rate of avoidable child mortality in disadvantaged communities in Africa is an important health problem. This article examines factors associated with mortality in children 6 h away from the nearest health centre (6–23 h: AOR 1.66 [95%
Agho KE, Ezeh OK, Ferdous AJ, Mbugua I, Kamara JK.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]

The Lancet, 2016
Li Liu, Shefali Oza, Dan Hogan, Yue Chu, Jamie Perin, Jun Zhu, Joy E Lawn, Simon Cousens, Colin Mathers, Robert E. Black   +9 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Explanatory social variables of under-5 mortality caused by injury in Isfahan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit, 2020
Background Injuries are a major cause of disease, long-term disability and death. Injury-related damage accounts for 12% of the burden of disease worldwide.
Zohre Hooshangi, Shayesteh Salehi, Mostafa Amini‐Rarani   +2 more
openalex   +2 more sources

From parental education to under-5 mortality: how antenatal care and hand hygiene mediate the pathway mechanisms [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Reducing the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) to as low as 25/1000 live births globally by 2030 to reach the sustainable development goal (SDG) 3.2.1 appears to be a race against time.
Tapas Mazumder, Itismita Mohanty, Danish Ahmad, Theo Niyonsenga   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Explaining the Correlates of Child Mortality and Under-5 Survival in Nigeria

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
doaj   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000-19: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals. [PDF]

Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 2022
Perin J, Mulick A, Yeung D, Villavicencio F, Lopez G, Strong KL, Prieto-Merino D, Cousens S, Black RE, Liu L.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources