Using geographical analysis to identify child health inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: One challenge to achieving Millennium Development Goals was inequitable access to quality health services. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, interventions need to reach underserved populations. Analyzing health indicators in small geographic units aids the identification of hotspots where coverage lags behind neighboring areas. The purpose of these analyses is to identify areas of low coverage or high need in order to inform effective resource allocation to reduce child health inequity between and within countries. Using data from The Demographic and Health Survey Program surveys conducted in 27 selected African countries between 2010 and 2014, we computed estimates for six child health indicators for subnational regions. We calculated Global Moran's I statistics and u

SUBMITTER: Yourkavitch J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114521 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature