Purpose Even though remarkable declines in under-five mortality rates noticed globally,
nearly 5.6 million children still die annually before celebrating their fifth birthday. The 2016 …

Reports have shown that child mortality is still pervasive in Nigeria despite several
intervention programmes. While most authors have been preoccupied with searching for …

Background Despite global declaration of the right to life as a fundamental human right and
substantial progress in reducing childhood mortality, unacceptably high number of children …

Under-five mortality remains a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa.
Zimbabwe is one of the countries in the region that failed to achieve Millennium …

Women's autonomy and empowerment has generally been recognized as one of most
important factors of development. A lack of autonomy and empowerment may lead to …

Child mortality is a composite indicator reflecting economic, social, environmental,
healthcare services, and their delivery situation in a country. Globally, Pakistan has the third …

Abstract Thriving to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries are destined
to reduce preventable deaths of children under the age of five to at least as low as 25 deaths …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine biological, maternal and socioeconomic
determinants of infant mortality in Sierra Leone. Design/methodology/approach It uses an …

Background In sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have stressed the importance of spatial
heterogeneity analysis in modern contraceptive use and the relationships with high-risk …

Background Increasing uptake of modern contraception is done to alleviate maternal and
infant mortality in poor countries. We describe prevalence of contraceptive use, high risk …