Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: Current estimates and limitations;Mortalidad en lactantes y niños menores de cinco años en Afganistán: Estimaciones y limitaciones actuales

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 576-583

  Viswanathan, Kavitha ^a   Becker, Stan ^a   Hansen, Peter M ^b   Kumar, Dhirendra ^c   Kumar, Binay ^c   Niayesh, Haseebullah ^d   Peters, David H ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GAVI Alliance   (Switzerland)

^c Indian Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFGHANISTAN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 77955994120     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.068957     Document Type: Article

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