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ETHIOPIA: ON TRACK TO MDG 4?

ETHIOPIA: ON TRACK TO MDG 4? In 1990, Ethiopia’s under-five mortality was at 204 per 1000 livebirths. Just published figures from the most recent Ethiopian DHS show that the current figure is 88. Will Ethiopia make the 2015 target of 2/3 decli ... read more

NEONATAL MORTALITY LEVELS FOR 193 COUNTRIES IN 200 ...

  NEONATAL MORTALITY LEVELS FOR 193 COUNTRIES IN 2009 WITH TRENDS SINCE 1990   Since neonatal mortality has increased as a proportion of under-five mortality, a focused attack on deaths in the first 28 days of life is indicated ... read more

CHINA'S FACILITY BASED BIRTH STRATEGY AND NEONATAL ...

  CHINA’S FACILITY BASED BIRTH STRATEGY AND NEONATAL MORTALITY   outline goes here The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 16 September 2011 Full text is at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)6109 ... read more

CHINA'S FACILITY BASED BIRTH STRATEGY AND NEONATAL ...

CHINA’S FACILITY BASED BIRTH STRATEGY AND NEONATAL MORTALITY  The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 16 September 2011 Full text is at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61096-9/fulltext doi:10.1016/S01 ... read more

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY VERSUS ANTIRETROVIRAL ...

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY VERSUS STANDARD ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY  Full text is at http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001095  Serena P. Koenig1, Heejung Bang2, Patrice Severe3, Marc Antoine Jean ... read more

EXCESS CHILD MORTALITY AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE, K ...

'Hospital admission selects vulnerable children with a sustained increased risk of dying. The risk factors identified provide an empiric basis  for effective outpatient follow-up'Full text is at http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/10/11- ... read more

HEALTH SYSTEM MORTALITY DETERMINANTS

‘Improving access to water and sanitation and reducing corruption within the health sector should become priorities.’   HEALTH SYSTEM MORTALITY DETERMINANTS   Health system determinants of infant, child and maternal mort ... read more

RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES OF NEONATAL MORTALITY IN A ...

  BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 18;11:477.Rural-urban differences of neonatal mortality in a poorly developed province of China. Yi B, Wu L, Liu H, Fang W, Hu Y, Wang Y. Source Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, ... read more