The risk of a child dying before age five in Burundi is almost 1.6 times higher than that in the
World Health Organization (WHO) African region. However, variations in the all-cause …

Background. The Rapid Mortality Surveillance System has reported reductions in child
mortality rates in recent years in South Africa (SA). In this article, we present information …

Background. Updating the knowledge base on the causes and patterns of under‐five
mortality (U5M) is crucial for the design of suitable interventions to improve survival of …

Background Under-five children born in a fragile and war-affected setting of South Sudan
are faced with a high risk of death as reflecting in high under-five mortality. In South Sudan …

Background: The fourth Millennium Development Goals targets reduction by 2/3 the mortality
rate of under-fives by 2015. This reduction starts with that of neonatal mortality representing …

Background: The fourth Millennium Development Goals targets reduction of the mortality
rate of under-fives by 2/3 by the year 2015. This reduction starts with that of neonatal …

One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-4) is to reduce child mortality by up to two-
thirds by 2015. In most developing countries, a higher proportion of neonatal deaths are …

Introduction: neonatal mortality accounts for almost 40 percent of under-five child mortality
globally and this could be associated with a complex chain of factors including but not …

Background Infant mortality rates (IMR) remain high in many sub-Saharan African countries,
especially in rural settings where access to health services may be limited. Studies in such …

Résumé Introduction: la pathologie néonatale reste un problème majeur de santé publique
dans les pays en développement. L'objectif du millénaire de réduire la mortalité infantile de …