Socio-economic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in rural northern Ghana
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Socio-economic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in rural northern Ghana
BACKGROUND In spite of global decline in under-five mortality, the goal of achieving MDG 4 still remains largely unattained in low and middle income countries as the year 2015 closes-in. To accelerate the pace of mortality decline, proven interventions with high impact need to be implemented to help achieve the goal of drastically reducing childhood mortality. This paper explores the associatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC International Health and Human Rights
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-14-24