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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Under-five mortality rate"”.
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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 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 effects of family planning type and prevalent use on fertility and under-five mortality in Tanzania.
… Voluntary family planning (FP) is the best strategy to curb population growth. However, contraception availability varies across regions. This study accounts for the regional context in which contraceptive choices -- and reproductive outcomes -- occur. Its research question, then, is: what is …
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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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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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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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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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Subnational Estimation of Period Child Mortality in a Low and Middle Income Countries Context
Child mortality is an important metric used in quantifying and monitoring the health of a population's children. Moreover, child mortality can be a key indicator of the overall health of a population, and is often used to quantify mortality at other ages. Over the past several decades, there have …