Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: The dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Ezeh, Alex Chika ^a   Madise, Nyovani Janet ^a,b   Ciera, James ^a,c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KENYA; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; KENYA; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34948869348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-218     Document Type: Article

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