Risk factors associated with high infant and child mortality in Lesotho

This study uses the 2004 and 2009 Lesotho Demographic and Health Surveys (LDHS) to: 1) identify the risk factors that affect mortality at neonatal, post-neonatal, and child ages, and, specifically, to determine the effect of mother’s HIV status on child mortality; 2) investigate how the risk factors that affect mortality have changed between the two periods, 2000-2004 to 2005-2009; and 3) determine if the risk factors are age dependent, that is, whether the effects of risk factors vary for different child ages.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE)

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mokoena, Mathabang P

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Little, Jani Morrissey

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11510

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11510