Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: The urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out

Kimani‐Murage, Elizabeth; Fotso, Jean‐Christophe; Egondi, T.; Abuya, Benta; Elungata, Patricia; Ziraba, Abdhalah; W. Kabiru, Caroline; Madise, Nyovani

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.06.003

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Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: The urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out

Published in Health & Place • Jul 11, 2014

Authors:

Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage

Jean‐Christophe Fotso

T. Egondi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We describe trends in childhood mortality in Kenya, paying attention to the urban-rural and intra-urban differentials. METHODS: We use data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) collected between 1993 and 2008 and the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance Syste...

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Child mortality

Mortality rate

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