Association between coverage of maternal and child health interventions, and under-5 mortality: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of 35 sub-Saharan African countries

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child health; Child mortality; Low income countries; Maternal and child health interventions; Socioeconomic factors; Trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84929504941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24765     Document Type: Article

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