Healthcare at the Beginning of Life and Child Survival: Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment in Nigeria.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102426
Abstract: Households in poor countries are encouraged (and sometimes coerced) to increase investments in formal health care services during pregnancy and childbirth. Is this good policy? The answer to a large extent depends on its effects… read more here.
Keywords: evidence; transfer; child survival; cash transfer ... See more keywords
Parental Education and Increased Child Survival in Madagascar: What Can We Say?
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2021.1937265
Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between parental education and child mortality in Madagascar. Until recently, most research linking parental education and child mortality had overlooked th... read more here.
Keywords: parental education; child survival; survival madagascar; education ... See more keywords
One but not two grandmothers increased child survival in poorer families in west Bohemian population, 1708–1834
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arab077
Abstract: Human childrearing is characterized by cooperative care and grandmothers are usually the most prominent alloparents. Nevertheless, it has been argued that limited resources may intensify competition among kin. The effect of grandmothers’ presence on child… read more here.
Keywords: socioeconomic status; grandmothers presence; survival; child survival ... See more keywords
Effect of timing of mother’s death on child survival in a rural HIV hyper-endemic South African population
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6152-8
Abstract: BackgroundMaternal mortality remains a tragedy and a key determinant for child survival. There is increasing evidence that the hazard ratio of demising for young children escalates after the death of their mothers, but few studies… read more here.
Keywords: risk; death; hiv; child survival ... See more keywords
Effect of maternal death on child survival in rural West Africa: 25 years of prospective surveillance data in The Gambia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172286
Abstract: Background The death of a mother is a tragedy in itself but it can also have devastating effects for the survival of her children. We aim to explore the impact of a mother’s death on… read more here.
Keywords: surveillance; child; child survival; mother ... See more keywords
Varied Reproductive Histories of Ethnically Tibetan Women.
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DOI: 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i04.3273
Abstract: BACKGROUND The U.N. health and well-being goals for 2030 focus on maternal and child health outcomes, among others. Challenges to meeting those goals vary widely throughout Nepal owing to the range of sociocultural factors, infrastructural… read more here.
Keywords: child survival; varied reproductive; tibetan women; reproductive histories ... See more keywords
Explaining progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 for child survival in Tanzania
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DOI: 10.7189/jogh.08.021201
Abstract: Background During the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era (1990-2015) the government in Mainland Tanzania and partners launched numerous initiatives to advance child survival including the comprehensive One Plan for Maternal Newborn and Child Health in… read more here.
Keywords: development goal; mainland tanzania; child; child survival ... See more keywords