Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

• Main Authors: P. Kim Streatfield (Author), Wasif A. Khan (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author), Syed M.A. Hanifi (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Mamadou Ouattara (Author), Aboubakary Sanou (Author), Ali Sié (Author), Bruno Lankoandé (Author), Abdramane B. Soura (Author), Bassirou Bonfoh (Author), Fabienne Jaeger (Author), Eliezer K. Ngoran (Author), Juerg Utzinger (Author), Loko Abreha (Author), Yohannes A. Melaku (Author), Berhe Weldearegawi (Author), Akosua Ansah (Author), Abraham Hodgson (Author), Abraham Oduro (Author), Paul Welaga (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), Clement T. Narh (Author), Solomon A. Narh-Bana (Author), Shashi Kant (Author), Puneet Misra (Author), Sanjay K. Rai (Author), Evasius Bauni (Author), George Mochamah (Author), Carolyne Ndila (Author), Thomas N. Williams (Author), Mary J. Hamel (Author), Emmanuel Ngulukyo (Author), Frank O. Odhiambo (Author), Maquins Sewe (Author), Donatien Beguy (Author), Alex Ezeh (Author), Samuel Oti (Author), Aldiouma Diallo (Author), Laetitia Douillot (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), Valérie Delaunay (Author), Mark A. Collinson (Author), Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Joël Mossong (Author), Nguyen T.K. Chuc (Author), Martin Bangha (Author), Osman A. Sankoh (Author), Peter Byass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Childhood mortality, particularly in the first 5 years of life, is a major global concern and the target of Millennium Development Goal 4. Although the majority of childhood deaths occur in Africa and Asia, these are also the regions where such deaths are least likely to be registered. T...