Background: Efforts to improve child survival can only be effective if they are based on
reasonably accurate information about the causes of death. Objectives: To review the …

Background: Morbidity and mortality pattern differs among regions. Also, there may be
variations within a nation partly due to availability and cost of health services as well as the …

Background: Morbidity and mortality from childhood illnesses has remained a major point of
interest globally. Malaria, respiratory tract infection and diarrheal diseases are the leading …

Objective: To describe the pattern of morbidity and mortality as seen at the Emergency
Paediatric Unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City. Methods: A …

Background: Nigeria is still battling with preventable childhood deaths, being one of the six
countries in which 50% of all global child deaths occur. Regular community and health …

Objective: Knowledge of cause-specific morbidity and mortality is essential for
understanding the overall epidemiological profile of disease in a population. The aim of this …

Background: The 4 th millennium development goals (2002) reported that sub-Saharan
Africa countries including Nigeria have a persistently high childhood mortality rates in-spite …

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the mortality pattern in children seen at Federal
Medical Centre Umuahia (FMCU) Abia state, South Eastern Nigeria. Methods A …

Introduction Pediatrics and adolescents are susceptible to illnesses that often necessitate
emergency attention. Morbidity and mortality from illnesses in these ages have attracted …

Background: There has been a world-wide reduction in under-five mortality rate since 1990
by almost half. Despite this global reduction, about 17,000 children under the age of five …