The UNICEF in collaboration with the University of Karachi and Jaycees sponsored the project for the construction of soakpit latrines and the dissemination of basic health education materials for the improvement of sanitary conditions in slum areas of Karachi. Turk Colony in Baldia Town is one of the slum areas where the soakpit project has been established with the primary objective of improvi...

CONTEXT Contraceptive prevalence increased by nine percentage points from 1993 to 2000 in Bangladesh, but there was almost no decline in the total fertility rate. METHODS Data from the 1999-2000 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey and from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System area collected between 1978 and 2001 were analyzed to explain the lack of change in fertility and to examin...

India has made a significant progress in the reduction of annual under five child deaths in the last few years. However, the absolute number of annual child deaths still remains high and achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 for India may not be possible at the currentrate of child mortality reduction. The deaths due to the easily preventable and treatable causes indicate that either health s...

BACKGROUND Persistent high fertility is associated with mother and child mortality. While most regions in the world have experienced declines in fertility rates, there are conflicting views as to whether Uganda has entered a period of fertility transition. There are limited data available that explicitly detail the fertility trends and patterns in Uganda over the last four decades, from 1973 to...

Over the last decades, health social determinants have improved and access to health and technology has certainly enhanced; nonetheless, a disproportionate distribution of perinatal characteristics in the country can still be observed. Empirical results show a decrease in the child mortality rates and an increase in LBW and premature newborns in all regions, although with lower increase in less...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of child mortality and one of the main causes of medical consultation for children in sub-Saharan countries. This paper attempts to determine the risk factors and neighborhood inequalities of diarrheal morbidity among under-5 children in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1990-2013. DESIGN Data used come from the Demographi...

abstract         in the increasing population of the elderly in iran, so far no prospective health studies have been undertaken.   this study was conducted to identify the risk factors of survival time of the elderly of ages above 60 years. material and methods: individuals above 60 years old were recruited in the primary phase of the tehran lipid and glucose study (tlgs) during 1998-2001. they...

backgroundseveral studies have examined the relationship between human development index (hdi) and various health outcomes. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between hdi, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.materials and methodsin this ecologic study, data on hdi, total ...

The strategy of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) aims to reduce child mortality and morbidity in developing countries by combining improved management of common childhood illnesses with proper nutrition and immunization. The strategy includes interventions to improve the skills of health workers, the health system, and family and community practices. This article describes the ...

Hypothermia among newborns is considered an important contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. However, in these settings only limited progress has been made towards understanding the risk of mortality after hypothermia, describing how this relationship is dependent on both the degree or severity of exposure and the gestational age and weight status of the baby,...