Proximate, intermediate, and distal predictors of under-five mortality in Chad: analysis of the 2014-15 Chad demographic and health survey data

• Main Authors: Bright Opoku Ahinkorah (Author), Abdul-Aziz Seidu (Author), Eugene Budu (Author), Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah (Author), Ebenezer Agbaglo (Author), Collins Adu (Author), John Elvis Hagan (Author), Sanni Yaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Under-five mortality in Chad reached a minimum value of 119 deaths per 1000 live births in 2018, compared with a maximum of 250 in 1972. Despite this decline in the  mortality trend, for every six children in Chad, one dies before the age of five. This study, therefore, investiga...