Infant and Child Mortality
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چکیده
Since independence in 1947, Pakistan has experienced steady but modest declines in rates of mortality at all ages. Yet early childhood mortality remains high. The most recent source of child survival data before the 1990-91 PDHS was the multi-round Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS), which estimated infant mortality at 110 per thousand live births for the 1984-88 period. The PDHS provides an opportunity to examine infant and child mortality in more detail. Such information is important at this time because of recent efforts by the health sector in Pakistan to address the health problems of infants and young children. Major areas of child survival intervention include: (1) control of diarrhoeal disease, (2) management of acute respiratory infection, (3) the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), and (4) nutrition. Careful examination of changes in the level of infant and child mortality is essential in assessing whether and to what extent such efforts have been effective.
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