Podcasts about Child mortality

Gina Chick, the winner of Alone Australia on her life as a creative, outrageous, nature-loving misfit who grew up to live through great depths of love, and grief (CW: discusses the death of a child)

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Nigeria pilot report: Reducing child mortality from diarrhoea with ORS & zinc, Clear Solutions, published by Martyn J on March 21, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary We introduce Clear Solutions, a Charity Entrepreneurship (now AIM) incubated charity founded in September 2023. Our focus is the prevention of deaths of young children from diarrhoea, an illness that kills approximately 444,000 children under-5 every year. From December 2023 to February 2024, we ran a pilot distribution of low-cost, highly effective treatments for diarrhoea, oral rehydration solution and zinc (ORSZ) in Kano, Nigeria, with implementation partner iDevPro Africa. We estimate having reached ~6900 children under-5. The intervention, based upon a randomised controlled trial in Uganda (Wagner et al, 2019), provides free co-packaged ORS and zinc ("co-packs") door-to-door to all households with children under 5 years old. The distribution is performed by local Community Health Workers (CHWs), who provide guidance and printed instructions on ORSZ usage during the visit. We surveyed communities pre- and post-intervention, allowing 6 weeks between ORSZ distribution and follow-up surveys for diarrhoea cases to accumulate. At these survey rounds, we recorded the timing of the child's last diarrhoea episode (if applicable) and how they were treated (if at all). Our primary outcome measure is the change in ORSZ usage rates pre-to-post intervention, though also we collected extensive contextual data to monitor operations and guide program improvements. This post summarises our preliminary analysis and conclusions. A more detailed report is available on our website here. We were kindly supported by knowledgeable advisors, but did not have an academic partnership, nor has this analysis been peer-reviewed. Nonetheless, we believe there is value in sharing our results and learnings with this community. Results in brief: Across 4 wards (geographic areas) of differing rurality, baseline usage rates for under-5s' last diarrhoea episode in the preceding 4 weeks were reported at a range across wards of 44.7% - 50.9% for ORS and 11.1% - 26.7% for ORS+zinc when asked directly. At follow-up post-intervention, the usage rate for the preceding 4-weeks was reported at a range across wards of 90.0 - 97.7% for ORS and 88.2% - 94.1% for ORSZ. (95% margins of error up to 10pp and are not shown here for readability; see Results for details.) Superficially, this indicates a change of 42.0 - 52.8 percentage points (pp) in ORS use and 61.5 - 83.0pp for ORSZ. However, we treat this result with caution, with specific concerns such as social desirability bias in survey responses inflating true values. We discuss more in Limitations below. Conclusions in brief: We consider this to be a solid result in favour of the intervention having a strong potential to prevent deaths in a cost-effective manner in the Nigerian context. (We do not estimate cost-effectiveness in this report, but will be working on a follow-up with that). There are, however, clear limitations in the pilot that warrant considerable down-weighting of our results, though we do not expect this to change the conclusions qualitatively. Introducing Clear Solutions Clear Solutions was founded in September 2023 with the support of Charity Entrepreneurship (now AIM). Our mission is to prevent deaths of young children from diarrhoea, a leading cause of death for under-5s globally, in a cost-effective and evidence-based manner. The 1970s medical breakthrough, Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), a dosed mixture of sugar, salts and water, unlocked the possibility of preventing >90% of diarrhoeal deaths at full coverage. The addition of zinc can reduce diarrhoea duration and recurrence, and the World Health Organisation recognised this in 2019 by adding co-packaged ORS a...

Editor's Summary by Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 13, 2024, issue.

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The risk that a child will die is lower than it used to be, but in low-income countries it is still not unusual. But how persistent is this in families, and what does this tell us about the causes and consequences of child mortality? Tom Vogl talks to Tim Phillips.

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When was the last time you reflected on your life?  As Coach Jenny approaches a milestone birthday, she opens up to us for a one-on-one conversation about her journey and evolution as a woman, wife and business owner. Through inner reflection, Jenny shares the trickle down effect of learning, growth, health, hard work and authenticity. Listen in as Jenny explains how she is exactly where she never knew she needed to be, and gives us some tangible insight on how we can be too!  JOIN The YOUR BEST BODY PRIVATE COMMUNITY and for the Password say "Jenny invited me"JOIN The YOUR BEST BODY PROGRAM   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating  and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. STRONG Fitness Magazine Subscription Use discount code STRONGGIRLResourcesSTRONG Fitness MagazineSTRONG Fitness Magazine on IGTeam Strong GirlsCoach JVBFollow Jenny on social mediaInstagramFacebookYouTube  

“As busy as I am, I try to give 15, 10 minutes every week to someone because I recognize the power of that. And I recognize that I wouldn't be where I am if someone who was even busier than me didn't give me that 10 or 30 minutes.” -Dr. Umaru Barrie   Today DocWorking is pleased to re-share an editor's favorite DocWorking the Whole Physician Podcast episode, 115: Physicians and the Power of Mentorship with Dr. Umaru Barrie. First published in November of 2021, Coach Gabriella Dennery MD has a refreshing conversation with Dr. Umaru Barrie about his journey in medicine and all about how to benefit from mentorships to boost your progress in your personal, community service and professional life, as well as how to pay it forward and become a mentor. Dr. Barrie gives us an inside look at how he benefited from having mentors in his personal life, education, community service, and professional career.  On a scale of 1 to 10, he ranks having mentors with an importance of 1000! Do you have a mentor/mentors? Is having a mentor something that you haven't previously considered, or are you unsure how to find the right mentor? Do you wish you were further along in reaching your targeted trajectory or wish you had help knowing how to go about reaching your goals? This episode shines a light on these topics and more. Tune in to learn how to start reaching your full potential today.    Umaru Barrie, a Sierra Leone/Guinean-American by way of Harlem, NY, has completed his 6th year combined Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) with a research focus on Molecular Microbiology and medical interests in Neurosurgery, Global Health, Academic Medicine and Molecular Microbiology. Prior to joining UTSW, he was a National Institute of Health scholar working under the mentorship of Dr. Desruisseaux at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he studied Chagas Disease and Malaria. During medical school, he served as medical class Co-President, Board of Directors of Student National Medical Association, Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Co-Director of National Future Leadership Project while maintaining active involvement in research publishing manuscripts in Neurosurgery, Academic Medicine, Community and Global Health. He has been fortunate to give back by co-founding numerous nonprofit organizations that raised money for humanitarian relief, providing uninsured patients with health literacy programs, creating relief projects to support hurricane victims, delivering healthcare and medicines to underprivileged communities in the Dominican Republic, establishing programs for underrepresented minorities, and organizing research projects geared towards HIV/AIDS and Child Mortality in Uganda. He aspires to become the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO).  You can find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umarubarrie/     Find full transcripts of DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast episodes on the DocWorking Blog  The past few weeks have been busy at DocWorking! We have been working behind the scenes to add even more CME credits to the THRIVE memberships.    Let your CME budget help you prioritize your own wellness so you can get on with living your best life on your own terms, as defined by you, with DocWorking THRIVE.   You can take the first step today by taking our 2 Minute Balance to Burnout Quiz! Where are you on the Balance to Burnout Continuum? Take the quiz and find out today!   DocWorking empowers physicians and entire health care teams to get on the path to achieving their dreams, both in and outside of work, with programs designed to help you maximize life with minimal time.   Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Please email Amanda Taran, our producer, at podcast@docworking.com to be considered.   And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!   We're everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean   You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.    Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in payments to DocWorking. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!   Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.   Podcast produced by: Mara Heppard  

As the host of this podcast, I am in a unique position to hear first-hand from people who are having an incredible impact on the world in such an amazing variety of ways, which in my role, I then have the pleasure of sharing with our listeners. While each episode of the podcast communicates an important discovery or significant impact, it's seemed like a number of recent episodes, at least in my eyes and ears, have captured stories of the impact of O.R. and analytics that regardless of whether you have a background in these fields, are pretty inspiring. From reducing poaching to help revitalize populations of wild tigers, to helping teach AI to think more like we do, to helping craft better policies to protect and better serve some of our most vulnerable dialysis patients, to interviews featuring the 2022 Franz Edelman Award finalist teams, these episodes have shared stories of brining together skilled people from a variety of fields, organizations and backgrounds to collaborate on addressing significant problems across the globe. And I'm excited to share that today's episode, is no exception. Joining me is Ayan Mukhopadhyay, a research scientist with Vanderbilt University and one of the recipients of the 2021 Google AI for Social Good Impact Scholar Award. Ayan is involved in a number of projects that are having a significant positive impact on the world around us, but today we'll be talking in particular about his work with HelpMum, a non-profit organization based in Nigeria dedicated to improving the lives of African mothers and children. 

Life in the late 1800's was frequently just inexplicably tragic, as Edward Augustus Boardman and Catherine Fitzsimmons discovered in their lives together. Though they had financial success, attempting to raise children was nearly the end of them emotionally. The plans we have aren't always what God has in mind for us. As hard as we try, sometimes we are just called to go through things. Such was the life of the Boardman family from Golden, Colorado. (

A new meta-analysis by Michael Kremer and co-authors suggests water treatment could reduce child mortality by about 30% in low- and middle-income countries, making it a highly cost-effective treatment for saving lives. Kremer joined his co-author Stephen Luby to discuss some of their findings in an event hosted by the Development Innovation Lab and the Center for Global Development. For more information on the research, visit dil.uchicago.edu.

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Childhood mortality has declined since the 19th century, but how has the was we memorialize children changed over time?Email: tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.comFacebookInstagram

This week's episode, The Family Ties covers the murder of Kendrick Lee and the story from his surviving siblings. The news about this case just came to light in late October 2021, and the details are still coming out. Kendrick's 15-year-old brother made a call to police in October to report that he and his siblings had been abandoned and living in an apartment with the corpse of their younger brother since Thanksgiving of last year.Support the show

Dr. Perri Klass is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Boston. She writes the weekly column, “The Checkup,” for the New York Times Science Section. She has written extensively about medicine, children, literacy, and knitting. Her new book, A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future, is an account of how victories over infant and child mortality have changed the world.Find out more about Perri and this episode at: www.nicupodcast.com________________________________________________________________________________________As always, feel free to send us questions, comments or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through instagram or twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. enjoy!This podcast is proudly sponsored by Chiesi.

“As busy as I am, I try to give 15, 10 minutes every week to someone because I recognize the power of that. And I recognize that I wouldn't be where I am if someone who was even busier than me didn't give me that 10 or 30 minutes.” -Dr. Umaru Barrie In today's episode, Coach Gabriella Dennery MD has a refreshing conversation with Dr. Umaru Barrie about his journey in medicine and all about how to benefit from mentorships to boost your progress in your personal, community service and professional life, as well as how to pay it forward and become a mentor. Dr. Barrie gives us an inside look at how he utilizes and has utilized  mentors in his personal life, education, community service, and professional career.  On a scale of 1 to 10, he ranks having mentors with an importance of 1000! Do you have a mentor/mentors? Is having a mentor something that you haven't previously considered, or are you unsure how to find the right mentor? Do you wish you were further along in reaching your targeted trajectory or wish you had help knowing how to go about reaching your goals? This episode shines a light on these topics and more. Tune in to learn how to start reaching your full potential today.  Umaru Barrie, a Sierra Leone/Guinean-American by way of Harlem, NY, is a 6th year combined Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) with a research focus on Molecular Microbiology and medical interests in Neurosurgery, Global Health, Academic Medicine and Molecular Microbiology. Prior to joining UTSW, he was a National Institute of Health scholar working under the mentorship of Dr. Desruisseaux at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he studied Chagas Disease and Malaria. During medical school, he served as medical class Co-President, Board of Directors of Student National Medical Association, Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Co-Director of National Future Leadership Project while maintaining active involvement in research publishing manuscripts in Neurosurgery, Academic Medicine, Community and Global Health. He has been fortunate to give back by co-founding numerous nonprofit organizations that raised money for humanitarian relief, providing uninsured patients with health literacy programs, creating relief projects to support Hurricane victims, delivering healthcare and medicines to underprivileged communities in the Dominican Republic, establishing programs for underrepresented minorities, and organizing research projects geared towards HIV/AIDS and Child Mortality in Uganda. 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Maternal mortality in Nigeria continues to be a serious public health problem and contributes to the low life expectancy among women in Nigeria. Agidigbo FM has identified that the private sector and government have an important influence on maternal mortality reduction.

Professor Obiageli Nnodu and Dr Dennis Chao join acting Deputy Editor Emma Cookson to talk about their new study describing modelling of child mortality as a result of sickle cell disease in Nigeria. Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(21)00191-5/fulltext

Hello and welcome to episode 35. This week takes us away from infectious disease to something with a long-term public health impact. The article, taken from the Lancet, is a systematic review and meta-analysis that considers the benefits of paternal education on child well-being as defined by mortality are different ages. The introduction and abstract are read but there is a lot more detail in the article to read if the subject matter takes you interest. The link to the article on the Lancet website is in the notes. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00534-1/fulltext

Today, in episode 306, our expert Infectious Disease and Community Medicine doctors discuss the latest on COVID-19. We talk about how children are contracting COVID-19 in Brazil, how places of worship are taking people in regardless of vaccination status, how healthcare workers are taking the vaccine to those in need, how Taiwan is experiencing an outbreak and vaccine shortage, and how the COVID-19 vaccine may be included in children's routine immunizations moving forward. As always, join us for all the COVID-19 information you need, explained in clear terms by health experts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noisefilter/message

Catch up on what you missed on an episode of The Richard Syrett Show. Richard Syrett kicks off the show with a good friend of the show, Lou Schizas. Small-town physician & lover of freedom, Dr. Patrick Phillips discusses child mortality rates rising & postponed surgeries. Chief Reporter and Host of “The Gunn Show'' at Rebel News, Sheila Gunn Reid talks about the Trudeau Government sending $2.3 million in foreign aid to China. Tony Heller fights back against Climate Change Alarmism. After, Lou Schizas participates once again for “News Not In the News.” New Blue Party of Ontario MPP of the riding of Cambridge, Belinda Karahalios speaks on whether the OPP is reporting parents to Children's Aid if children are not wearing masks. Plus, Internist, Cardiologist, and Professor of Medicine at Texas A & M College of Medicine, Dr. Peter McCullough on Treatment for COVID-19.

Dr. Ali Mehdi, Senior Fellow, and Lead, Health Policy Initiative, ICRIER, New Delhi, discusses "A shot of justice: Priority-setting for Addressing Child Mortality (one of his recent books published by Oxford University Press) with Ms. Avnie Garg, Digital Marketing Associate at the CMHS, IIMA.

This week, Kelley takes on hosting this episode solo, while Julia takes a couple of much needed weeks to recoup from work. Kelley shares her research on where the United States currently stands statistically in regards to child abuse and child mortality. Not only does she discuss the immediate costs of child abuse for society, but the study on the long term results of it on more than just the individual. Support the show (https://www.thefamilytiespodcast.com/subscribe/)

Just a century and change ago, it wasn’t a given that children would actually survive childhood. Dr. Perri Klass and Adam discuss the shocking decline in child mortality since, what life was like in a time when the deaths of children were routine, and the pressures still facing parents in a now child-friendlier world.

Friends Puteri, Zarina and Tyra cover the issue that consistently overlaps; single parenting and reducing child mortality rate in Malaysia by improving the child's well-being. Guests include Ms Norafiza, a counsellor from PPD Petaling Utama and Mr Lakshwin, Chief Operating Officer from Women of Will (WOW), they have dedicated a huge part of their lives in assisting disadvantaged women and men in Malaysia. They are incredibly inspiring, positive and just all-round amazing guests to work with. It is not an exaggeration when we say the session, we had was one of the most insightful conversations we had in awhile.

The RSB Show 6-19-20 - Lockdown child mortality, Health ethics, Mask harm, Clearance certificates by Robert Scott Bell

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently the there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions that exist for every major cause of mortality. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

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Umaru Barrie is a Sierra Leonean/Guinean-American. He was born in Sierra Leone, but his parents are originally from Guinea, he now lives in the United States for several years where he has been studying Medicine. He is a 5th year Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with a research focus in Molecular Microbiology and medical interests in International Emergency Medicine, Global Health and Infectious Diseases. In this interview, Umaru talks about the Covid-19 Pandemic in details and the preventative measures Africa and the rest of the world should take to avoid infection. Umaru is very passionate about helping people. Before starting his studies at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Umaru Barrie established several organizations that raised thousands of dollars for humanitarian relief, providing uninsured patients in NYC with health literacy programs, creating relief projects to support Hurricane victims, delivering healthcare and medicines to underprivileged communities in the Dominican Republic, establishing pre-medical pipeline programs for underrepresented minorities, and organizing research projects geared towards HIV/AIDS and Child Mortality in Uganda. He aspires to be a prominent team member of the World Health Organization (WHO).Host & Writer: Mamadou Barry

Many children’s deaths could be prevented if the most sick children were identified soon after their arrival in a health facility, and were prioritized to be treated immediately. The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) programme was ​initially designed by the World Health Organization in 2005 to drastically reduce waiting time, improve flow and access to quality protocol-driven care for children presenting to hospitals in resource-limited settings, and thereby improve pediatric care and outcomes. Many countries have since adapted it for implementation in their context; in Sierra Leone, it is implemented as ETAT+. ETAT+ whole systems approach has become an integral component of Sierra Leone’s efforts to improve the quality of pediatric care.  In district hospitals implementing the programme, the proportion of children who died after arrival in hospital dropped by nearly 40%. The programme’s lessons are now being applied to other areas of care, with a similar initiative being implemented for obstetric care (obstetric ETAT). In this episode, Dr. James Bunn, Child Health Specialist at the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone explains the changes that ETAT+ has brought about through improving patient flow, task shifting, and responding to bottlenecks which delay treatment. This has been implemented through new on-the job training methods including mentoring. He describes how improving quality of care can be possible even in facilities with scarce resources.

Target 4.A:Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rateBetween 1990 and 2015, the global under-five mortality rate has declined by more than half, dropping from 90 to 43 deaths per 1000 live births.Between 1990 and 2015, the number of deaths in children under five worldwide declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to almost 6 million in 2015.Children in rural areas are about 1.7 times more likely to die before their fifth birthday as those in urban areas.Children of mothers with secondary or higher education are almost three times as likely to survive as children of mothers with no education.While Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest child mortality rate, the absolute decline in child mortality has been the largest over the past two decades.Every day in 2015, 16,000 children under five continue to die, mostly from preventable causes. Child survival must remain a focus of the new sustainable development agenda.

Afghanistan once ranked as one of the highest child mortality countries, but now it is reported that there has been a significant decreased in the mortality numbers.Najia Safi has more in the Pashto language. - په افغانستان کې له پنځو کلونو د ښکته ماشومانو مړینه په بې سارې ډول کمه شوې ده.د افغانستان د عامې روغتیا وزارت وایي،پخوا له هرو زرو ماشومانو ۲۵۷تنه مړه کېدل، خو اوس دا شمېره ۴۹ ته راښکته شوې ده.خو د افغانستان د یو شمېر ولایتونو اوسېدونکي وايي، لاهم روغتیايي خدماتو ته د نه لاسرسي له امله ډېری ماشومان مړه کېږي.تفصیل له ناجیې ساپۍ اورﺉ.

Catalystas had the opportunity to interview Dr. Nirmala Nair, Founder of the child health, human trafficking and women's empowerment organisation Ekjut, that operates out of Panwar Jarkan Province. Ekjut has won countless awards on raising child mortality improvement of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition of partnering underserved, marginalised communities, through their empowerment, community-based interventions and influence good governance for improving access and quality of services. In its Jarkan one of the most improvised provinces, today they are preparing to apply their medical and community expertise to other regions in India. Founder Dr. Nair tells us more about Ekjut's work that has saved countless lives since 2002.

South Africa has among the highest rates of child mortality in the world. A recent Children's Institute report estimates that 34 in every one-thousand children die before their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths can be prevented through the combined efforts of the state and families

Iraq needs two billion dollars to revive its cultural heritage and renovate areas destroyed by ISIS. But the country says it does not have the capacity to rebuild without support from the international community. How are the UAE and other foreign allies helping? Mina Al Droubi joins us from the Unesco conference in Paris to tell us.  And in war-torn Afghanistan, child violence is on the rise more than 15 years after the US war in the country began. Preethi Nallu tells us firsthand how dire the situation has become for Afghan children. We discuss both stories in this week's Beyond the Headlines podcast.

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The United Nations Children's Agency, UNICEF, approximates that 48,000 babies will be born in the Eastern and Southern Africa region today, on New Year's Day, but estimates that close to 3000 children around the world will die within the first 24 hours. UNICEF says it's New Year resolution is to help give every child more than an hour, more than a day, more than a month - of survival.. For more Benjamin Moshatama spoke to Priscilla Ofori-Amanfo, Communication Specialist, responsible for Emergencies at UNICEF's Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office in Nairobi ......

Child Mortality is a core indicator for child health and well-being. The toll of children under the age of five over the past two decades is staggering: between 1990 and 2015, 236 million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. In 2000, the world leaders agreed on one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) asContinue reading "Child Mortality"

Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital for Children. Whereas children mortality has dramatically decreased over the past 15 years, almost half the remaining mortality still occurs during the first 4 weeks of age. Neonatology, or care of newborns, doesn't need to be difficult or expensive. Low cost intervertions involving communities, such as keeping babies warm, save lives.

Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital for Children. Whereas children mortality has dramatically decreased over the past 15 years, almost half the remaining mortality still occurs during the first 4 weeks of age. Neonatology, or care of newborns, doesn't need to be difficult or expensive. Low cost intervertions involving communities, such as keeping babies warm, save lives.

In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. Professor Rose McGready works on the treatment and epidemiology of uncomplicated malaria in pregnancy. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable as pregnancy reduces the immunity to malaria, increasing the susceptibility to malaria infection and the risk of illness, severe anaemia and death. For the unborn child, maternal malaria increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature delivery and low birth weight - a leading cause of child mortality.

In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. Professor Rose McGready works on the treatment and epidemiology of uncomplicated malaria in pregnancy. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable as pregnancy reduces the immunity to malaria, increasing the susceptibility to malaria infection and the risk of illness, severe anaemia and death. For the unborn child, maternal malaria increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature delivery and low birth weight - a leading cause of child mortality.

Nicolai Humphreys is joined by Katie Greenland to discuss the effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing with soap in rural India.

Background: The existence of socio-economic inequalities in child mortality is well documented. African cities grow faster than cities in most other regions of the world; and inequalities in African cities are thought to be particularly large. Revealing health-related inequalities is essential in order for governments to be able to act against them. This study aimed to systematically compare inequalities in child mortality across 10 major African cities (Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa, Luanda, Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Dakar, Addis Ababa, Accra), and to investigate trends in such inequalities over time. Methods: Data from two rounds of demographic and health surveys (DHS) were used for this study (if available): one from around the year 2000 and one from between 2007 and 2011. Child mortality rates within cities were calculated by population wealth quintiles. Inequality in child mortality was assessed by computing two measures of relative inequality (the rate ratio and the concentration index) and two measures of absolute inequality (the difference and the Erreyger's index). Results: Mean child mortality rates ranged from about 39 deaths per 1,000 live births in Cairo (2008) to about 107 deaths per 1,000 live births in Dar es Salaam (2010). Significant inequalities were found in Kinshasa, Luanda, Abidjan, and Addis Ababa in the most recent survey. The difference between the poorest quintile and the richest quintile was as much as 108 deaths per 1,000 live births (95% confidence interval 55 to 166) in Abidjan in 2011-2012. When comparing inequalities across cities or over time, confidence intervals of all measures almost always overlap. Nevertheless, inequalities appear to have increased in Abidjan, while they appear to have decreased in Cairo, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Dakar. Conclusions: Considerable inequalities exist in almost all cities but the level of inequalities and their development over time appear to differ across cities. This implies that inequalities are amenable to policy interventions and that it is worth investigating why inequalities are higher in one city than in another. However, larger samples are needed in order to improve the certainty of our results. Currently available data samples from DHS are too small to reliably quantify the level of inequalities within cities.

For World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio spoke to Professor Simon Cousens from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) about a new research using a social marketing campaign on radio to reduce child mortality in Burkina Faso. The intervention is a randomized control trial, broadcasting messages about how to prevent common illnesses using radio ads and phone-in shows. The project is carried out in association with Development Media International, and Centre Muraz in Burkina Faso, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Planet Wheeler Foundation.

Key findings from the Countdown special issue were presented at a press conference held at the Science Media Centre, London, UK, on Thursday April 10. Listen to highlights in this week's podcast.

Greg Fegan gives an in-depth interview highlighting how a substantial increase in the use of insecticide treated bednets in Kenya over the past few years is contributing to a reduction in child mortality.

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In this paper, we analyse the causes of under five mortality in Zambia, with a particular emphasis on assessing possible time-variations in the effects of covariates, i.e. whether the effects of certain covariates vary with the age of the child. The analysis is based on micro data from the 1992 Demographic and health Survey. Employing a Bayesian dynamic logit model for discrete time survival data and Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods, we find that there are several variables, including the age of the mother and the breastfeeding duration whose effects exhibit distinct age-dependencies. In the case of breastfeeding, this age dependency is intimately linked with the reasons for stopping breastfeeding. Incorporating such age dependencies greatly improves the explanatory power of the model and yields new insights on the differential role of covariates on child survival.

Child mortality reflects a country's level of socio-economic development and quality of life. In developing countries, mortality rates are not only influenced by socio-economic, demographic and health variables but they also vary considerably across regions and districts. In this paper, we analyze child mortality in Nigeria with flexible geoadditive survival models. This class of models allows to measure small-area district-specific spatial effects simultaneously with possibly nonlinear or time-varying effects of other factors. Inference is fully Bayesian and uses recent Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation. The application is based on the 1999 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Our method assesses effects at a high level of temporal and spatial resolution not available with traditional parametric models.