The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … 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 …

adolescent female fertility, healthcare spending is reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this study is to … examine the efect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending on maternal and neonatal mortality in South Asian …. Findings: Adolescent female fertility, maternal, and neonatal mortality is very high in the aforementioned countries, and …