Infant Mortality in Uganda: Determinants, Trends, and the Millennium Development Goals

Ssewanyana, Sarah; Younger, Stephen D.

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“…Similarly to the common bath tub or U-shape relationship between age and mortality, the same pattern is observed for the age of mother and child mortality. A study done in Uganda by Ssewanyana and Younger (2007) revealed a lower probability of mortality among infants born to older women compared to infants born to younger women. Apart from exhibiting a 50-100% risk of death in less than a month after birth, children born to younger mothers, in particular, adolescents are likely to experience preterm birth, low birth weight and asphyxia which potentially upsurge the risk of death and development of unfavourable future health conditions for the children than children born to older women (WHO, 2006(WHO, , 2013Patton et al, 2009).…”

Section: Mothers' Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, whilst high socioeconomic status has been linked with low infant mortality as also found by Abuqamar et al (2010), this pattern has also been observed in Uganda. Uganda is one country that experiences high infant mortality despite improvements on national income (Ssewanyana and Younger, 2007). The inconsistency in the relationship between socioeconomic status and child survival was also observed in Kenya.…”

Section: Mothers' Wealth Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While it is documented in demographic literature that a decline in childhood mortality is normally observed with an increase in age (McFalls, 2007), however, males have been found to be biologically more susceptible to mortality than females in virtually all the age groups throughout life. Boys typically have higher probabilities of both infant and child mortality (Ssewanyana and Younger, 2007). Charmabagwala et al (2004) also brought forth that mortality is higher among male infants compared to female infants with approximately half of nutrition studies having found that male children were the less well malnourished than their female counterparts and this was mostly dominant in East and Southern Africa.…”

Section: Sex Of Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Infant Feeding Practices on Infant Mortality in Southern Africa

Motsa

Ibisomi

Odimegwu

2016

Matern Child Health J

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Objective To examine the adjusted and unadjusted effects of infant feeding practices on infant mortality in Southern Africa. Methods A merged dataset from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys for Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe was analysed using the Cox Proportional Hazard Model. A total number of 13,218 infants born in 5 years preceding all the surveys with information on infant feeding practices constituted the study population. Infant mortality was the outcome variable and infant feeding practices categorised into; no breastfeeding, partial breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding were the main explanatory variables. Maternal demographic and socio-economic characteristics and infants' bio-demographic characteristics were also studied. Results Although, exclusive breastfeeding was quite low (12 %), exclusively breastfed infants exhibited a 97 % lower risk of dying during infancy compared to infants not breastfed in the region. Variations existed by country in the levels and patterns of both infant mortality and infant feeding practices. Mother's country, highest level of education and marital status; child's sex, birth weight and preceding birth interval were the significant predictors of infant mortality in Southern Africa. Conclusions Any form of breastfeeding whether exclusive or partial breastfeeding greatly reduces the risk of infant mortality with the greatest mortality reduction effect observed among exclusively breastfed infants in Southern Africa. To reduce the upsurge of infant mortality, there is the need to step up the effectiveness of child nutrition programmes that promote breastfeeding and put emphasis on exclusive breastfeeding of infants in the region.

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Section: Mothers' Agementioning

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Section: Mothers' Wealth Statusmentioning

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Section: Sex Of Childmentioning

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The Influence of Infant Feeding Practices on Infant Mortality in Southern Africa

Motsa

Ibisomi

Odimegwu

2016

Matern Child Health J

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“…Ssewanyana et al [6] Noted that, most infant deaths result from a combination of preventable or treatable diseases such as: Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, and Malaria and immunizable diseases such as Tuberculosis and Measles.…”

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The Role of ICT in Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Rate in Tanzania

Nyamawe¹,

Seif²

2014

IJCA

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Tanzania is striving to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 that call for reducing Neonatal and Maternal Mortality Rate (MNMR) by 2015. In 2010, Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) was recorded at 51 per 1,000 live births and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) at 454 per 100,000 live births. Despite of the devoted efforts and significant progress, still the mortality rate needs attention and effective intervention to cut it down considerably. The capability and power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) need to be effectively exploited in revolutionizing health sector in Tanzania. The witnessed expansion of mobile phones usage and extended network coverage presents potential opportunity in enhancing quality of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) services delivery. This paper explores the role of ICT in reducing MMR and NMR, existing solutions are intensely reviewed to discover what is lacking and provide necessary recommendations.

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“…In 2000, for instance, diarrhea was reported to lead to IMR and U5MR at 0.2% and 12.2%, respectively [29]. The nutrition-attributable rate of anemia of 10% was cited to contribute to both U5MR and IMR [31]. Although the deadline of achieving MDG already passed, it was noted that more concerted measures of reducing U5MR and IMR through vaccination and immunization should be deliberated on and strengthened.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress in nutrition related Millennium Development Goals in Uganda before adoption of post-2015 development agenda: Review of goals 1, 2 and 4

Balikuddembe¹,

Hosseinzadeh‐Attar²,

Ardalan³

2016

AJFAND

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Infant Mortality in Uganda: Determinants, Trends, and the Millennium Development Goals

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

The Influence of Infant Feeding Practices on Infant Mortality in Southern Africa

The Influence of Infant Feeding Practices on Infant Mortality in Southern Africa

The Role of ICT in Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Rate in Tanzania

Progress in nutrition related Millennium Development Goals in Uganda before adoption of post-2015 development agenda: Review of goals 1, 2 and 4

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