Armed conflict and child mortality in Africa: a geospatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A substantial portion of child deaths in Africa take place in countries with recent history of armed conflict and political instability. However, the extent to which armed conflict is an important cause of child mortality, especially in Africa, remains unknown.

Methods

We matched child survival with proximity to armed conflict using information in the Uppsala Conflict Data Program Georeferenced Events Dataset on the location and intensity of armed conflict from 1995 to 2015 together with the location, timing, and survival of infants younger than 1 year (primary outcome) in 35 African countries. We measured the increase in mortality risk for infants exposed to armed conflicts within 50 km in the year of birth and, to study conflicts' extended health risks, up to 25

SUBMITTER: Wagner Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338336 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature