Clustering of under-five mortality in the Navrongo HDSS in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana

Clustering of under-five mortality in the Navrongo HDSS in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana

Background: Under-five mortality is a major public health problem and one of the health indicators of health care in sub-Saharan Africa. In order to address inefficient health systems, there is a need to identify the spatial distribution of under-five mortality, especially areas of high mortality cl...

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Main Authors: Martin Adjuik, Ernest Kanyomse, Felix Kondayire, George Wak, Abraham Hodgson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-08-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
poor health care
under-five mortality
clustering
demographic surveillance
space and space–time scan statistic
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/5233/5922

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