Journal article
Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
Roy Burstein, Nathaniel J Henry, Michael L Collison, Laurie B Marczak, Amber Sligar, Stefanie Watson, Neal Marquez, Mahdieh Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Masoumeh Abbasi, Foad Abd-Allah, Amir Abdoli, Mohammad Abdollahi, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Michael RM Abrigo, Dilaram Acharya, Oladimeji M Adebayo, Victor Adekanmbi, Davoud Adham, Mahdi Afshari Show all
Nature | NATURE RESEARCH | Published : 2019
Abstract
Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2-to end preventable child deaths by 2030-we need consistently estimated data at the subnational level regarding child mortality rates and trends. Here we quantified, for the period 2000-2017, the subnational variation in mortality rates and number of deaths of neonates, infants and children under 5 years of age within 99 low- and middle-income countries using a geostatistical survival model. We estimated that 32% of children under 5 in these countries lived in districts that had attained rat..
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Awarded by Bill AMP; Melinda Gates Foundation
Awarded by EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Awarded by FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was primarily supported by grant OPP1132415 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.