Background: Major improvements are required in the coverage and quality of essential
childhood interventions to achieve Millennium Development Goal Four (MDG 4). Long …

Background There have been few studies that have examined associations between access
to health care and child health outcomes in remote populations most in need of health …

This study aims to investigate the relation between distance to health facilities, measured as
continuous travel time, and mortality among infants and children younger than 5 years of …

Background Policy-makers evaluating country progress towards the Millennium
Development Goals also examine trends in health inequities. Distance to health facilities is a …

Objective To evaluate the association between proximity to a health center and early
childhood mortality in Madagascar, and to assess the influence of household wealth …

Objective To explore the impact of distance on utilisation of peripheral health facilities for
sick child visits in Asembo, rural western Kenya. Methods As part of a demographic …

Background Globally, approximately 3 million babies die annually within their first month.
Access to adequate care at birth is needed to reduce newborn as well as maternal deaths …

Background Despite important progress, the burden of under-5 mortality remains
unacceptably high, with an estimated 5.3 million deaths in 2018. Lack of access to health …

Abstract Introduction In Ethiopia, more than half of newborn babies do not have access to
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) services. Understanding the effect of …

Background Access to skilled obstetric delivery and emergency care is deemed crucial for
reducing maternal mortality. We assessed pregnancy-related mortality by distance to health …