Sources of variation in under-5 mortality across sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial analysis [PDF]
, 2016 SummaryBackgroundDetailed spatial understanding of levels and trends in under-5 mortality is needed to improve the targeting of interventions to the areas of highest need, and to understand the sources of variation in mortality.
Wang +32 more
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Mortality and Malnutrition Among Populations Living in South Darfur, Sudan: Results of 3 Surveys, September 2004. [PDF]
, 2005 CONTEXT: Mass violence against civilians in the west of Sudan has resulted in the displacement of more than 1.5 million people (25% of the population of the Darfur region). Most of these people are camped in 142 settlements.
Brown, V +4 more
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BMJ Global Health, 2020 Background Child survival and women’s empowerment are global public health concerns and important sustainable development goals (SDGs). Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have the largest burden of both phenomena.
D. Doku, Z. Bhutta, S. Neupane
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Prediction of Discharge Outcome with the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) Score in Neurosurgical Patients [PDF]
, 2011 To identify the diagnostic properties of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) score and the discharge outcome, 318 patients were studied. The evaluators rated the patients on admission or when they had mental status alteration with the FOUR score.
Akavipat, Phuping +3 more
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Actuarial Applications and Estimation of Extended~CreditRisk$^+$ [PDF]
, 2017 We introduce an additive stochastic mortality model which allows joint modelling and forecasting of underlying death causes. Parameter families for mortality trends can be chosen freely. As model settings become high dimensional, Markov chain Monte Carlo
Hirz, Jonas +2 more
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Long-term wine consumption is related to cardiovascular mortality and life expectancy independently of moderate alcohol intake: the Zutphen Study [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Light to moderate alcohol intake lowers the risk of cardiovascular mortality, but whether this protective effect can be attributed to a specific type of beverage remains unclear.
Boshuizen, H.C. +4 more
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Global Health Action, 2019 Background: Despite global achievements in reducing early childhood mortality, disparities remain. There have been empirical studies of inequalities conducted in low- and middle-income countries.
Sai San Moon Lu +2 more
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Have we substantially underestimated the impact of improved sanitation coverage on child health?:A generalized additive model panel analysis of global data on child mortality and malnutrition [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Although widely accepted as being one of the most important public health advances of the past hundred years, the contribution that improving sanitation coverage can make to child health is still unclear, especially since the publication of ...
Hunter, Paul R., Prüss-Ustün, Annette
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The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso.
, 2011 This study aims to investigate the relation between distance to health facilities, measured as continuous travel time, and mortality among infants and children younger than 5 years of age in rural Burkina Faso, an area with low health facility density ...
Akello +32 more
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Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter? [PDF]
, 2003 Background Currently, poor-rich inequalities in health in developing countries receive a lot of attention from both researchers and policy makers. Since measuring economic status in developing countries is often problematic, different indicators of ...
A Justesen +18 more
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