Levels, trends and socio-demographic determinants of infant and under-five mortalities in and around slum areas of Dhaka city, Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Abdur Razzaque (Author), Razib Chowdhury (Author), AHM Golam Mustafa (Author), Farzana Begum (Author), Sohana Shafique (Author), Alexander Lawton (Author), Mohammad Zahirul Islam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infant and child mortality are often used to monitor the progress of national population health programs. The data for this study was collected from selected urban slums where icddr,b has maintained the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). Using the HDSS database, 6,666 married women w...