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Changing mortality amongst hospitalised children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2009 – 2018

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2022
Background The under-five mortality rates of children in South Africa (SA) remain high despite successful HIV prevention and treatment programs. The in-hospital mortality of children with severe acute malnutrition remains a key obstacle.
S Ndlovu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysing the Impact of Carbon Emissions and Non-Renewable Energy Use on Infant and Under-5 Mortality Rates in Europe: New Evidence Using Panel Quantile Regression

open access: yesEnvironmental Modelling and Assessment, 2021
This study critically examines the health-environment discourse and uses infant and under-5 mortality rates, carbon emissions, and non-renewable energy to investigate the inherent associations.
Bosede Ngozi Adeleye   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Fiji over 20 years

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Fiji, a Pacific Island nation of 884,887 (2017 census), has experienced a prolonged epidemiological transition. This study examines trends in mortality and life expectancy (LE) in Fiji by sex and ethnicity over 1996–2017, with comparisons to ...
Catherine Dearie   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fine particulate matter air pollution and under-5 children mortality in China: A national time-stratified case-crossover study

open access: yesEnvironment 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
doaj   +1 more source

REDUCING INFANT AND UNDER-5 MORTALITY RATE THROUGH GOVERNMENT HEALTH EXPENDITURE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

open access: yesJurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia, 2022
Background: Although it has been globally reported that IMR and U5MR continue to decline every year, the rate disparities between urban and rural areas are still evident in various countries. The government is presumed to carry out efforts to reduce this
Alissa Sita Pertiwi, Amal Chalik Sjaaf
doaj   +1 more source

Rates and Causes of Death in Chiradzulu District, Malawi, 2008: A Key Informant Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In September 2008, we measured all-cause mortality in Chiradzulu District, Malawi (population 291 000) over a 60-day retrospective period, using capture-recapture analysis of three lists of deaths provided by (i) key community informants, (ii) graveyard ...
Adjuik   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : cross-sectional insight into small-scale geographical inequalities from Census data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objectives To estimate and quantify childhood mortality, its spatial correlates and the impact of potential correlates using recent census data from three sub-Saharan African countries (Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda), where evidence is lacking.
Clarke, Aileen   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Abolishing user fees for children and pregnant women trebled uptake of malaria-related interventions in Kangaba, Mali. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Malaria is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 in Mali. Health centres provide primary care, including malaria treatment, under a system of cost recovery.
Audibert   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Rising under‐5 mortality in Africa: who bears the brunt? [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine & International Health, 2006
SummaryObjectives  To identify the socioeconomic and geographical groups in which the recent under‐5 mortality increase observed in several African countries was most pronounced, and to explore the contribution of a number of proximate determinants of under‐5 mortality.Methods  Time trends in under‐5 mortality were assessed with Cox Proportional ...
Houweling, T   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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