Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: current estimates and limitations

• Main Authors: Kavitha Viswanathan (Author), Stan Becker (Author), Peter M Hansen (Author), Dhirendra Kumar (Author), Binay Kumar (Author), Haseebullah Niayesh (Author), David H Peters (Author), Gilbert Burnham (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine historical estimates of infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan, provide estimates for rural areas from current population-based data, and discuss the methodological challenges that undermine data quality and hinder retrospective estimations of mortality. METHODS: Indire...