Prevalence and determinants of childhood mortality in Nigeria

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2017-05-22

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BioMed Central

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The study revealed factors associated with childhood mortality: age, region, residence, education, wealth index, age at first birth and religion of father and mother. Mothers living in rural areas experience a 28% increase in childhood mortality. Tackling the death of children, whether during perinatal, early or late neonatal, childhood or adolescent age is posing a difficult task in Nigeria. The study points to the correlation between improved health education campaigns and improvements in access to primary health care as directly effective in increasing life expectancy and economic wellbeing.

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HEALTH EQUITY, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD HEALTH, RURAL HEALTH, RURAL WOMEN, RURAL URBAN DISPARITY, NIGERIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/60593

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) / Innovation pour la santé des mères et des enfants d’Afrique (IMCHA)
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) / Santé maternelle et infantile (MCH)