Background Nigeria's efforts to reduce under-five mortality has been biased in favour of
childhood mortality to the neglect of neonates and as such the literature is short of adequate …

Background Though promising progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium
Development Goal four through substantial reduction in under-five mortality, the decline in …

Introduction: Utilization of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services in
Nigeria are poor even by african average. Methods: We analysed the 2013 Nigeria DHS to …

Abstract Background The Ethiopian neonatal mortality rate constitutes 42% of under-5
deaths. We aimed to examine the trends and determinants of Ethiopian neonatal mortality …

Objectives To identify common factors associated with post-neonatal, infant, child and under-
5 mortality in Nigeria. Design, setting and participants A cross-sectional data of three Nigeria …

Background Postnatal care is essential to save the life of the mother and newborn.
Knowledge on the determinants of postnatal care assists the policy makers to design, justify …

Background: Access to health facilities remains limited in many resource-poor settings, and
women and their children often have to travel far to seek care. However, data on distance …

Background Neonatal mortality accounts for an estimated 2.8 million deaths worldwide,
which constitutes 44% of under-5-mortality and 60% of infant mortality. Neonatal mortality …

Background Globally, approximately 3 million babies die annually within their first month.
Access to adequate care at birth is needed to reduce newborn as well as maternal deaths …

Background Globally, large numbers of children die shortly after birth and many of them
within the first 4 wk of life. This study aimed to determine the trends, patterns and causes of …