Niger's Child Survival Success, Contributing Factors and Challenges to Sustainability: A Retrospective Analysis

PloS One
Donela BesadaTanya Doherty

Abstract

Household surveys undertaken in Niger since 1998 have revealed steady declines in under-5 mortality which have placed the country 'on track' to reach the fourth Millennium Development goal (MDG). This paper explores Niger's mortality and health coverage data for children under-5 years of age up to 2012 to describe trends in high impact interventions and the resulting impact on childhood deaths averted. The sustainability of these trends are also considered. Estimates of child mortality using the 2012 Demographic and Health Survey were developed and maternal and child health coverage indicators were calculated over four time periods. Child survival policies and programmes were documented through a review of documents and key informant interviews. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) was used to estimate the number of child lives saved and identify which interventions had the largest impact on deaths averted. The national mortality rate in children under-5 decreased from 286 child deaths per 1000 live births (95% confidence interval 177 to 394) in the period 1989-1990 to 128 child deaths per 1000 live births in the period 2011-2012 (101 to 155), corresponding to an annual rate of decline of 3.6%, with significant declines taking place aft...Continue Reading

References

Sep 26, 2006·Lancet·Jennifer BryceTessa Wardlaw
Sep 25, 2012·Lancet·Agbessi AmouzouUNKNOWN Niger Countdown Case Study Working Group
Nov 21, 2012·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Tanya GuentherDavid R Marsh
Feb 26, 2014·BMC Public Health·Neff WalkerIngrid K Friberg
Mar 19, 2014·Muscle & Nerve·Colleen T Ives, Timothy J Doherty
Sep 2, 2014·Lancet·Liu Yueju
Dec 19, 2014·Journal of Global Health·Ingrid K Friberg, Neff Walker

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