Risk factors for mortality among Tanzanian infants and children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the era of the Millennium Development Goals, under 5 mortality rates decreased significantly worldwide; however, reductions were not equally distributed. Children in sub-Saharan Africa still account for more than 50% of the world's annual childhood deaths among children under 5 years of age. Understanding upstream risk factors for mortality among children may reduce the large burden of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to identify risk factors for mortality among infants and children in Tanzania.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of data pooled from two randomized-controlled micronutrient supplementation trials. A total of 4787 infants were enrolled in the two trials (n = 2387 HIV-exposed and n = 2400 HIV-une

SUBMITTER: Kisenge RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271391 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature