fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more …

Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity and infant and neonatal mortality …In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the … is found, suggesting higher mortality when salinity is very low or high. With fresh drinking water, the marginal effect …

water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on health and non-health outcomes, ranging from behavior change-such as the … interventions aimed at reducing the rates of child mortality and non-diarrheal disease. Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions …