Taken to health care provider or not, under-five children die of preventable causes: Findings from cross-sectional survey and social autopsy in Rural India

• Main Authors: Vaishali Deshmukh (Author), Chandrakant Lahariya (Author), Sriram Krishnamurthy (Author), Manoj K Das (Author), Ravindra M Pandey (Author), Narendra K Arora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Under-five children in India continue to die from causes that can either be treated or prevented. The data regarding causes of death, community care-seeking practices, and events prior to death are needed to guide and refine health policies for achieving national goals and targets. Mater...