Introduction: It is realistic that exclusive breast feeding can significantly reduce the burden of under five death.About41% of global under five deaths occur in SSA mainly due to inadequate breastfeeding practices ...
Background: Infant and child death in developing countries constitute the largest age category of mortality. Sub-Saharan Africa’s under-five mortality rate is 75 percent greater than other regions in the world. ...
Background: Low birth weight is a widely used indicator of newborn health. It is closely associated with fetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, inhibited growth and cognitive development, and ...
Tadesse, Yohannes(University of Gondar, 2015-08-31)
This paper focuses on the environmental determinants of child mortality in Ethiopia. The data for this study were obtained from the demographic and health survey conducted in 2014. It specifically examines ...
Introduction: The main purpose of growth monitoring is to prevent growth faltering and under nutrition. It helps to recognizing growth patterns of children needing special attention (like low birth weight, ...
Esubalew, Frizer(University of Gondar, 2017-05-30)
Background: Inappropriate complementary feeding is the one of the major causes of child under nutrition. There is scarcity of information regarding optimal complementary feeding among HIV exposed children ...