Voluntary family planning brings transformational benefits to women, families, communities,
and countries. Investing in family planning is a development “best buy” that can accelerate …

Background We aimed to determine the factors that increase the risk of HRFB in
Bangladeshi women of reproductive age 15–49 years. Methods The study utilised the latest …

Background High-risk fertility behavior (HRFB) among women is the main factor in a wide
range of detrimental effects on both the mother's and the child's health, which has an impact …

Background One in three women from lower and middle-income countries are subjected to
physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in their life span. Prior studies have …

Background Worldwide, there is remarkable progress in child survival in the past three
decades. Ethiopia is off-track on sustainable development targets in under-five mortality …

In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated data from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic
and Health Survey (BDHS), which consisted of 7,707 married women aged 15–49 years …

Background: Reducing deaths of newborn and children under 5 years of age became an
agenda. The effect of preceding birth interval on child mortality was evidenced by different …

Background: High-risk fertility behavior (HRFB) among women is the main factor in a wide
range of detrimental effects on both the mother's and the child's health, which has an impact …

Childhood undernutrition and infectious disease are intricately linked in a cyclical
relationship. This thesis uses Demographic and Health Survey data to identify key …

In Ghana, child nutrition and health are major public health and developmental challenges.
In this study, interpretivist and positivist paradigms were applied to assess breastfeeding …