BACKGROUND In Burkina Faso, malaria remains the primary cause of healthcare use, morbidity and child mortality. Therefore, efforts are needed to support the knowledge transfer and application of the results of numerous studies to better formulate and implement programs in the fight against the malaria pandemic. To this end, a 2-day dissemination workshop was held to share the most recent result...

Demographic and Health Surveys conducted quinquennially in 1996, 2001 and 2006 show that infant, child and under-five mortality in Nepal have declined steadily at least over the past 25 years. Estimates based on exponential-decline regression curves fitted to the 15-year data immediately preceding each survey, aggregated by 5-year period, show the infant, child and under-five mortality rates fo...

BACKGROUND The limited availability of maternal and child health data has limited progress in reducing mortality and morbidity among pregnant women and children. Global health agencies, leaders, and funders are prioritizing strategies that focus on acquiring high quality health data. Electronic maternal and child health registries (eRegistries) offer a systematic data collection and management ...

BACKGROUND South African's infant and child mortality rates remain high and at the current rate of decline will not meet the Millennium Development Goals of a two thirds decrease by 2015. At the latest available count, there were fewer than 1500 qualified paediatric nurses on the National South African Nursing Council register, with only about 100 nurses graduating with this qualification from ...

Gender Patterns in Vietnam’s Child Mortality We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more so for boys than for girls. A higher education level of the mother reduces mortality risk, but the effect ...

Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1-4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life.

Background Child malnutrition is not only a major contributor to child mortality and morbidity, but it can also determine socioeconomic status in adult life. The rate of under-five child malnutrition in Vietnam has significantly decreased, but associated inequality issues still need attention. Objective This study aims to explore trends, contributing factors, and changes in inequalities for und...

This paper analyzes the response of fertility and human capital investment to changes in childhood disease burden. Unlike previous child mortality-fertility studies, it focuses on disease-related mortality and distinguishes between disease morbidity and mortality. When child survival is uncertain, a fall in childhood disease burden may lower or raise total fertility in contrast to the unambiguo...

background : this study aimed to analysis the inequalities of mortality of children under 5 years in west africa by examining the determinants and contributing factors to the overall inequality concentration in these countries. method : data used came from the dhs surveys conducted in the six countries in west africa: burkina faso (2010), benin (2006), cote d'ivoire 2011), ghana (2008), mali (2...

introduction: child mortality indices are key element that reflects health status of societies and inform policy makers to take suitable policies to reduce them. this study was performed to examine the main determinants of under-5 mortality rate (u5mr) in oecd countries in two cross-sections, 2010 and 2013, and the results of them was compared. material and methods: this was a cross- sectional ...