Factors associated with declining under-five mortality rates from 2000 to 2013: An ecological analysis of 46 African countries

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kipp, Aaron M ^a,b   Blevins, Meridith ^a,b   Haley, Connie A ^a,b   Mwinga, Kasonde ^c   Habimana, Phanuel ^c   Shepherd, Bryan E ^a,b   Aliyu, Muktar H ^a,b   Ketsela, Tigest ^c   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAPE VERDE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMOROS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNET; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MAURITANIA; MAURITIUS; MORTALITY RATE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; TRENDS;

AFRICA; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84960442537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007675     Document Type: Article

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