Background: Infant mortality, measured as the summation of neonatal and post-neonatal
mortalities, remain unacceptably high in Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kakamega County …

Background: Infant mortality remains an indaba in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region currently
producing over half of global infant deaths. Kakamega Central Sub-County, a region within …

Background: Infant mortality remains an indaba in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region currently
producing over half of global infant deaths. Kakamega Central Sub-County, a region within …

Child survival is a key element to measure a country's developmental level in addition to
help track and monitor progress made in achieving the 2030 Agenda. According to the …

High infant mortality rates remain a great challenge to the Kenyan Government as she
strives to attain the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). In its current Development Blue …

Context: In the recent past, infant mortality has declined more rapidly in rural Kenya than
urban Kenya. This paper sought to ascertain the factors responsible for the observed …

Recent Demographic and Health Surveys have shown reductions in infant mortality rates in
Kenya and Tanzania. This study employed survival analysis to demonstrate how various …

Infant mortality in Kenya varies by type of place of residence. In urban Kenya, it declined in
the mid-1990s but later increased substantially by late 1990s. A decline in infant mortality …

This paper seeks to establish the effect of region of residence on neonatal and post-
neonatal mortality in Kenya, using the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data …

Background Substantial progress has been made in reducing childhood mortality worldwide
from 1990–2015 (Millennium Development Goal, target 4). Achieving target goals on this …