We show that ethnic distances can explain the ethnic inequalities in child mortality rates in Africa. Using individual … fractionalization re ects a higher stock of knowledge and information leading to better health outcomes. Knowledge does not ow smoothly …

under-five mortality and its increasing effect on life expectancy at birth. Policies towards improving population health … forest environments provides, its contribution to environmental quality could also provide health benefits. Using data from … health outcomes with specific consideration for forests. Employing different panel estimation methods for robustness and …

Objective: To analyse the impact of community approaches to improving newborn health and survival in low … and staffing; immediate breastfeeding and facility births; and neonatal mortality. We also extracted data on the primary … from 2001 to 2013. A 25 per cent reduction in neonatal mortality (relative risk, RR: 0.75; 95 per cent confidence interval …

study is to determine the impact of health care expenditure on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: The study … health care expenditure on infant and neonatal mortality. Results: Both public and external health care spending showed a … significant negative association with infant and neonatal mortality. However, private health expenditure was not significantly …

In 2010, the G8 placed renewed focus on maternal health via the Muskoka Initiative by committing to spend an additional … US$5 billion on maternal, newborn, and child health before 2015. Following the end of the Millennium Development Goals … and the advent of the Sustainable Development Goals, maternal health issues have continued to feature prominently on the …