Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: current estimates and limitations
Author(s) -
Kavitha Viswanathan,
Stan Becker,
Peter M. Hansen,
Dhirendra Kumar,
Binay Kumar,
Haseebullah Niayesh,
David H. Peters,
Gilbert Burnham
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.09.068957
Subject(s) - infant mortality , estimation , demography , medicine , population , mortality rate , child mortality , public health , verbal autopsy , environmental health , rural area , geography , cause of death , disease , pathology , sociology , economics , nursing , management
To examine historical estimates of infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan, provide estimates for rural areas from current population-based data, and discuss the methodological challenges that undermine data quality and hinder retrospective estimations of mortality.
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