Facility distance and child mortality: a multi-country study of health facility access, service utilization, and child health outcomes
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Child Health and Mortality
Bangladesh is currently one of the very few countries in the world, which is on target for achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 relating to child mortality. There have been very rapid reductions in mortality, especially in recent years and among children aged over one month. However, this rate of reduction may be difficult to sustain and may impede the achievement of MDG 4. Neonata...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw062