Understanding the impact of place on health is a key element of epidemiologic investigation,
and numerous tools are being employed for analysis of spatial health-related data. This …

Background Pakistan has one of the highest levels of child and maternal undernutrition
worldwide, but little information about geographical and socioeconomic inequalities is …

Background Childhood anaemia is considered a severe public health problem in most
countries of sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the geographical distribution of prevalence …

Background: The Millennium Development Goals recognise child health and survival as an
important socio-development issue. Objective: To determine the correlates of diarrhoea …

Objective To determine spatial patterns of co‐endemicity of schistosomiasis mansoni and
the soil‐transmitted helminths (STHs) Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and …

Lower respiratory infections (LRIs) are the leading cause of death in children under the age
of 5, despite the existence of vaccines against many of their aetiologies. Furthermore, more …

Background Childhood diarrhea is a major public health problem, especially in developing
countries, including Ethiopia. Exploring the spatial pattern of childhood diarrhea is important …

The aim of this study was to assess spatial co‐occurrence of acute respiratory infections
(ARI), diarrhoea and stunting among children of the age between 6 and 59 months in …

This study examines the residual geographical variations in infant and child mortality and
how the different categories of the risk factors account for the spatial inequality in West …

Background. Several studies have shown that the risk of malaria infection increases for
children born to a mother with placental malaria infection. An immune tolerance …