Child Mortality and Nutritional Risks in Rural Chad: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Bere.

ABSTRACT: Chad, a Sub-Saharan country, has some of the worst child mortality and health indicators. A lack of recent and accurate health records in Béré, rural Chad, due to decades of strife compromises the development of relevant health interventions by Project 21, a community health program. This study investigates child mortality, weight gain ability, and related factors in 0-2-year-olds through a cross-sectional study completed by trained community health workers using a survey questionnaire. Most household heads are Nangtchéré Christian males with secondary-level education. Male infants have the highest mortality rate. Infant mortality is predicted by non-exclusive breastfeeding started within 6 days after birth and by the number of household children who experienced and received treatment for

SUBMITTER: Boutrin MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12469488 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature