Factors influencing rapid progress in child health in post-conflict Liberia: a mixed methods country case study on progress in child survival, 2000-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Only 12 countries in the WHO's African region met Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) to reduce under-five mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Given the variability across the African region, a four-country mixed methods study was undertaken to examine barriers and facilitators of child survival prior to 2015. Liberia was selected for an in-depth case study due to its success in reducing under-five mortality by 73% and thus successfully meeting MDG 4. Liberia's success was particularly notable given the civil war that ended in 2003. We examined some factors contributing to their reductions in under-five mortality.

Design

A case study mixed methods approach drawing on data from quantitative indicators, national documents and qualitative interviews was used to descri

SUBMITTER: Brault MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196853 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature