Social determinants of child mortality in Niger: Results from the 2012 National Verbal and Social Autopsy Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the determinants of preventable deaths of children under the age of five is important for accelerated annual declines - even as countries achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals and the target date of 2015 has been reached. While research has documented the extent and nature of the overall rapid decline in child mortality in Niger, there is less clear evidence to provide insight into the contributors to such deaths. This issue is the central focus of this paper.

Methods

We analyzed a nationally representative cross-sectional sample of 620 child deaths from the 2012 Niger Verbal Autopsy/Social Autopsy (VASA) Survey. We conducted a descriptive analysis of the data on preventive and curative care, guided by the coverage of proven indicators along

SUBMITTER: Koffi AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766790 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature