Objectives This paper uses a survival analysis technique to examine socio-economic and
demographic factors that influence under-five mortality for rural and urban Ghana. Method …

Globally, there has been tremendous advancement in medicine and child healthcare with
increased life expectancy. That notwithstanding, the risk of under-five mortality─ children …

Background and Objectives: This study aims to investigate the strength of the association
between socio-economic, maternal and environmental determinants and under-five mortality …

This study examines the prevalence, and the socioeconomic and demographic determinants
of under-five mortality in Benue State, Nigeria. Using a purposive random sampling …

Child mortality is a deciding factor of the well-being of a population and often serves as a
pointer of the socio-economic status and health development of a nation. A 2017 report on …

Child mortality continues to be a major public health problem in Ghana, especially in
northern Ghana where child survival rates are among the lowest. Though strategies are in …

Despite a substantial decline in child mortality globally, the high rate of under-five mortality
in Nigeria is still one of the main public health concerns. This study investigates inequalities …

Background In spite of global decline in under-five mortality, the goal of achieving MDG 4
still remains largely unattained in low and middle income countries as the year 2015 closes …

Despite the global decline in under-five mortality rate from 90 deaths per 1,000 live births in
1990 to 48 in 2012, Nigeria has failed to record any substantial improvement. Under-five …

Background Globally, millions of children aged below 5 years die every year and some of
these deaths could have been prevented. Though a global problem, under-five mortality is …