Total prevention of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly would reduce child mortality in India: Implications in achieving Target 3.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1175
Abstract: BACKGROUND The potential to reduce child mortality by preventing folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly (FAP SBA) is inadequately appreciated. To quantify possible reduction in FAP SBA-associated child mortality in low- and middle-income countries, we… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; folic acid; fap sba; mortality ... See more keywords
Rainfall shocks, child mortality, and water infrastructure.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4498
Abstract: I study the effect of rainfall shocks on child mortality at a sub-national level for a global set of developing countries. I establish that negative (positive) shocks to rainfall lead to an increase (drop) in… read more here.
Keywords: mortality water; shocks child; rainfall shocks; rainfall ... See more keywords
What Determines Health Status of Population in Pakistan?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1702-5
Abstract: This paper empirically examines factors related to social, economic, demographic and health care services that affect health status in Pakistan. The analysis is conducted using ARDL bound testing approach on annual data ranging from 1960… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; health; population; health status ... See more keywords
Socio-economic, macroeconomic, demographic, and environmental variables as determinants of child mortality in South Asia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06988-w
Abstract: The study empirically examines the effects of socio-economic (human capital), macroeconomic (per capita GDP), demographic (fertility rate, urbanization), and environmental variables (carbon emissions) on child mortality in South Asia. For empirical analysis, panel cointegration technique… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; mortality south; south asia; mortality ... See more keywords
The impact of environmental cleanliness and cultural factors on child health in Africa
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20016-4
Abstract: Africa is a region with abundant natural resources, but the child mortality rate is higher. Despite World Health Organization (WHO) support, the region remained the highest with the number of child mortality rate. Given this… read more here.
Keywords: life expectancy; mortality; child mortality; health ... See more keywords
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Child Mortality and Relationship With a Macroeconomic Indicator in Africa
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DOI: 10.1007/s12061-021-09393-4
Abstract: Child mortality has been declining globally in the last decades but some African countries are still lagging behind in the pace of reduction. This study examined the spatio-temporal patterns in the level and variability of… read more here.
Keywords: temporal dynamics; africa; spatio temporal; relationship ... See more keywords
Trade liberalization and child mortality: A Synthetic Control Method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.034
Abstract: We study the causal effect of trade liberalization on child mortality by exploiting 41 policy reform experiments in the 1960-2010 period. The Synthetic Control Method for comparative case studies allows to compare at the country… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; trade; trade liberalization;
The burden of anthropometric failure and child mortality in India
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76884-8
Abstract: The public health burden of nutritional deficiency and child mortality is the major challenge India is facing upfront. In this context, using National Family Health Survey, 2015–16 data, this study estimated rate of composite index… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; anthropometric failure; burden; mortality ... See more keywords
Cause-specific child mortality performance and contributions to all-cause child mortality, and number of child lives saved during the Millennium Development Goals era: a country-level analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1546095
Abstract: ABSTRACT Background: During the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era, impressive reductions in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) have been observed, although the MDG 4 target was not met. So far, cause-specific progress in child mortality… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; cause specific; specific child; mortality ... See more keywords
An analysis of factors associated with neonatal, post‐neonatal and child mortality in Haiti, including breastfeeding as a time‐dependent variable
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DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16142
Abstract: The main objective of the study was to identify factors associated with neonatal, post‐neonatal and child mortality. The study also investigated breastfeeding status as a time‐dependent variable. read more here.
Keywords: factors associated; neonatal post; post neonatal; child mortality ... See more keywords
Child mortality: how does the USA compare?
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-316813
Abstract: In March 2015, an Archives editorial featured a Lancet paper describing neonatal, infant and child mortality trends, comparing UK data to other European countries and Canada, but not the USA (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014–3 07 678). The… read more here.
Keywords: child mortality; age; mortality; mortality rates ... See more keywords