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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Under-five mortality"”.
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The factors associated with under-five mortality in Zambia
Zambia's under-five mortality rate is among the highest in the world. In 1996 it stood at 197 per 1,000 live births (Zambia Central Statistics Office 1997). The study aims to establish the factors that are associated with under-five mortality in Zambia by using the 1996 Zambia Demographic and …
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on under-five mortality in Malawi
Although the under-five mortality rate in Malawi has been declining since 1960, it still remains one of the highest in the world. In order to appropriately target interventions to achieve substantial reductions in deaths among children under the age of five years in Malawi, there is an ongoing need …
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The determinants of under-five mortality in a selected village in Vhembe District, South Africa
… during the 20th century, infant and child mortality rates remain unacceptably high in South Africa. South Africa, like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, is challenged by high levels of under -five child mortality. Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of …
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The effects of family planning type and prevalent use on fertility and under-five mortality in Tanzania.
… the regional context on total fertility rate and under-five mortality rate? This study employs the 2010 Tanzania Demographics and Health Survey (DHS), a representative probability sample of 10,139 women ages 15 to 49. To mimic randomization, regions are matched on education, wealth, and …
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Environmental health hazards on under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : analysis using multilevel discrete-time hazard model
… of household environmental health hazards on under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The study has used DHS data sets of the following 12 countries in the region: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal and Zimbabwe. These …
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Infant and under-five mortality in South Africa : perspectives from the 2011 census and the 2012 HSRC Survey
This research focuses on estimating infant and under-five mortality in South Africa for the period 1998-2012, both to update previous estimates taking into account new data and to assess the reasonableness of all estimates. Data from the 2011 Census and the 2012 HSRC survey were used for this …
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Assessment of the IGME methods of estimating infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate from under-five mortality rate in countries affected by HIV
… assesses the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) methods of estimating the infant and neonatal mortality rates from the under-five mortality rates in countries affected by HIV/AIDS. It uses Botswana, Malawi and South Africa as case studies. The assessment is made by …
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The influence of maternal HIV status on mortality in children under the age of five years
Child mortality can be used to measure the level of social development as well as the health status of children (Hill 1991). By world regions, sub-Saharan Africa maintains the highest rates of under-five mortality. Current under-five mortality is estimated at 76 deaths per 1,000 live births (Hug, …
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Using vital registration data to track mortality in Zimbabwe's metropolitan populations: 2000-2012
… system in Zimbabwe is incomplete and mortality estimates produced from these data might not give a true representation of mortality in the population. However, it may be assumed that vital registration data for urban areas is more complete than for the country as a whole. This research …
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Impact of HIV on estimates of child mortality derived using the summary birth history (CEB/CS) Method
… extent of bias in the estimates of infant and under-five mortality derived from the Brass children ever born children surviving (CEB/CS) method as a result of HIV/AIDS. The bias is estimated by comparing the infant and under-five mortality derived from the CEB/CS method with direct estimates …
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Assessing the barriers to accessing prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in Marondera Zimbabwe
… transmission (PMTCT) services, high HIV-specific under-five mortality rates continue to be observed. This study aimed to document the potential reasons for low PMTCT uptake by examining factors constraining access to PMTCT services.
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Estimating the level and trends of child mortality in South Africa, 1996-2006
The lack of reliable data for child mortality estimation since 1998 has meant that child mortality rates for South Africa have not been updated for almost ten years now. It is the overall aim of this research to explore the possibility of determining up-to-date estimates of South Africa's infant …
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Compare Nutritionally Related Health Outcomes Between Least Developed Countries Receiving Minimal Versus Substantial Food Aid from the United States
… related health parameters in children under five living in LDCs receiving high amounts of food aid per capita from the U.S. were compared to the same prevalences in LDCs receiving low amounts of food aid per capita. Compared to low food aid per capita LDCs, both under five mortality …
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Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi
Mortality of children under the age of five has been the main target of public health policies (Gakusi and Garenne 2006). There has been a significant decline in under-five mortality in the twentieth century in almost all countries regardless of initial levels and socio-economic factors, although …
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Investigation of level and differentials in child mortality in South Africa: insight from Census 2001 and 2011, Community Survey 2016 and Demographic and Health Survey 2016
Measuring levels of childhood mortality is important for low and middle-income countries to monitor overall development and progress towards improved child health. The overall aim of this research is to estimate the level and trend of childhood mortality in South Africa over time, and to examine …
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Health service utilisation prior to out-of-hospital natural deaths among children under five in Metro West, Cape Town in 2018: a retrospective analysis of data from the Child Death Review
… area within the City of Cape Town district the under-five mortality rate in the Metro West GSA decreased from 25 per 1000 live births in 2010 to 22 deaths per 1000 live births in 2013, but the rate of decrease slowed down in part because of the amount of child deaths outside of health …
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A descriptive study of the community-based follow-up and outcomes of very low birth weight babies discharged from a regional hospital
Background Neonatal mortality continues to be a significant global health concern, especially in low/middle income countries. In South Africa, neonatal deaths contribute to 32% of the under-five mortality rate, with 48% of these deaths attributed to prematurity. One of the components aimed at …
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Statistical Methods for Human Rights and Child Mortality Estimation
… commonly used in human rights research and child mortality estimation. We first consider two related problems, record linkage and multiple-systems estimation, typically used to estimate the number of civilian casualties in the wake of a conflict when probability surveys are not available, and then …
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Burden and causes of ongoing paediatric infectious disease morbidity and mortality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Under-five mortality has significantly decreased globally over the past 28 years, halving to 39 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2018, yet remains high, necessitating further progress to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of reducing it to below 25 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. …
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Three essays on development economics : household welfare
… posyandu, it appears that the program reduced under-five mortality by 36 deaths per 1,000 children, which is consistent with the reduction we would expect from the known clinical efficacy of its interventions, and represents 40 percent of the national decrease from 1980-2000. The chances of …
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