ABSTRACT Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) have been developed
in several low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews …

A systematic and precise understanding of urban socio-economic spatial inequalities in
developing regions is needed to address global sustainability goals. At the intra-urban …

A considerable body of research has studied the effects of siblings on child mortality through
birth intervals. This research has commonly focused on older siblings. We argue that birth …

Background Childhood mortality persists as a significant public health challenge in low and
middle-income countries and is uneven within countries, with poor communities such as …

Visualising maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes at fine spatial resolutions is
crucial to ensuring the most vulnerable women and children are not left behind in improving …

Background Although global mortality rates in children under 5 years have decreased
substantially in the last 30 years, there remain around 2.6 million stillbirths and 2.9 million …

Background: Health and demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS) are long-running
geographic cohort studies where detailed data are regularly collected on residents. HDSSs …

There is a lack of high-quality data on levels, trends, and age patterns of under-5 mortality
(U5M) in sub-Saharan Africa. Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems are …

Background: Although global mortality rates in children under 5 years have decreased
substantially in the last 30 years, there remain around 2.6 million stillbirths and 2.9 million …

Onion farming is the main irrigated crop that contributes to the economy of the Tahoua
region, Niger. There are two factors that promote the outstanding potentialities of onion …