Childhood cause-specific mortality in rural Western Kenya: application of the InterVA-4 model

• Main Authors: Nyaguara O. Amek (Author), Frank O. Odhiambo (Author), Sammy Khagayi (Author), Hellen Moige (Author), Gordon Orwa (Author), Mary J. Hamel (Author), Annemieke Van Eijk (Author), John Vulule (Author), Laurence Slutsker (Author), Kayla F. Laserson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Assessing the progress in achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals in terms of population health requires consistent and reliable information on cause-specific mortality, which is often rare in resource-constrained countries. Health and demographic surveillance sys...