The child mortality rate is thought to be a sensitive measure of a nation's health and well-being. International organizations and national governments have acknowledged the need to emphasize their efforts to increase child survival. Inequality in child health in India is...
In India, considerable progress has been made in reducing child mortality rates. Despite this achievement, wide disparities persist across and socio-econom
In India, Satyanarayana et al. (1995) developed a comprehensive index, the Index of Child Mortality. The Index was designed for monitoring the health status of children for longitudinal assessment and comparison between states. Using data on five indicators (under-five mortality rate, infant mortal...
Paternal height was not associated with child mortality or anemia but was associated with child anthropometric failure. Conclusion In a nationally representative sample of households in India, maternal height was inversely associated with child mortality and anthropometric failure. More than 2 million ...
However, the inequality in female child mortality rates seems to have declined between 1991 and 2001, even as it increased – albeit at a slower rate than before – for male child mortality rates. In the decomposition analysis, it is found that while a more equitable distribution of medical ...
Our expectation is that this conference will galvanize multi-stakeholder action to step up the child survival efforts in India and sharpen focus on activities and geographies that will have an impact and bend the curve on child mortality. I hope that we will all look back on this ...
IndiaLives Saved ToolChild MortalityStuntingUndernutritionBackground: The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) has been used to estimate the impact of scaling up intervention coverage on undernutrition and mortality. Evidence for tdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3220769Alderman, Harold...
Statistics for Mother's employment and infant and child mortality in India EW Center 被引量: 0发表: 0年 America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 1998 secure parental employment, housing, and access to health care; (2) "Health," including activity limitation, infant and child...
India has achieved a substantial decline in its infant mortality rate from 110 to 47 deaths per 1000 in the last two decades. But, in 2011 there were still 1·7 million deaths in children under-5 in India, accounting for 24% of global under-5 child deaths. On the one hand, per-capit...
September 12 2023 Maternal health Low-cost health measures could drive big fall in maternal mortality, says report Lives of 2mn mothers and babies could be saved by 2030 with small innovations in care, says Gates Foundation December 1 2022 ...