Reduction in child mortality in Niger: A Countdown to 2015 country case study

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9848, 2012, Pages 1169-1178

  Amouzou, Agbessi ^a   Habi, Oumarou ^b   Bensaïd, Khaled ^c  

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

^b Institut National de la Statistique   (Niger)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; RETINOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETANUS TOXOID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BED NET; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84866654193     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61376-2     Document Type: Article

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