Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: The urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-103

  Kimani Murage, E W ^a   Fotso, J C ^b   Egondi, T ^a   Abuya, B ^a   Elungata, P ^a   Ziraba, A K ^a   Kabiru, C W ^a   Madise, N ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b Newborn and Child Health Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Infant mortality; Sub Saharan Africa; Under five mortality; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH SURVEY; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL AREA; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHILD MORTALITY RATE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY RATE; KENYA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; TREND STUDY; UNDER FIVE MORTALITY RATE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84904260910     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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