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Title: Neonatal Mortality in East Africa and West Africa: A Geographic Analysis of District-Level Demographic and Health Survey Data
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: implementation of the United Nation’s (UN) MillenniumDevelopment Goals. To further reduce under-five child mortality,the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus oninterventions to address neonatal mortality, a major contributor ofunder-five mortality. The African region has the highest neonatalmortality rate (28.0 per 1000 live births), followed by that of theEastern Mediterranean (26.6) and South-East Asia (24.3). This study used the Demographic and Health Survey Birth Recode data(http://dhsprogram.com/data/File-Types-and-Names..cfm) to identify high-risk countries and districts for neo-natal mortality for two sub-districts of Africa--East Africa and West Africa. ed to capture the spatially varying relationships between neonatal mortality and dimensions of potential need 1) care around the time of delivery iii) maternal education, and iii) women's empowerment.
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Authors: Grady, Sue C.; Frake, April N.; Zhang, Qiong; Bene, Matlhogonolo; Jordan, Demetrice R.; Vertalka, Joshua; Dossantos, Thania C.; Kadhim, Ameen; Namanya, Judith; Pierre, Lisa-Marie; Fan, Yi; Zhou, Peiling; Barry, Fatoumata B.; Kutch, Libbey
Periodical (Full): Geospatial Health
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
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Data Collections: IPUMS Global Health - DHS
Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Health
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