Prevalence of under-five years of age mortality by infectious diseases in West African region

High prevalence of under-five child mortality in the pastoralist communities of Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data

“…The present study reported 23.2%, 95%CI (21.4%, 24.6%) of under-ve child mortality in the pastoralist regions, Ethiopia.This current prevalence is similar with the global prevalence of under-ve mortality 21.6% (15), and the UN Inter-Agency Groupprevalence of under-ve mortality for Latin America and the Caribbean regions, 27.0% (16).The similarity might be as a result of comparable socioeconomic status between Ethiopia, and Latin America or the Caribbean regions. The present study's prevalence of under-ve child mortality is also similar with a study that reported a 22.9% of under-ve mortality from Afar region (17).The prevalence of the current study is higher than the prevalence of U5M in the west Africa countries that varied from the highest 11.1%in Sierra Leone, Nigeria 10.0%, Mali 10.6%, to the smallest prevalence of mortality in Cape Verde 1.7% (18). The difference might be as result of socio-economic difference.…”

“…The separate prevalence among daughters and sons might be more precise than the aggregate prevalence reported despite the sex of children. Accordingly, the current prevalence of U5M is higher than a study conducted in west Africa and that reported 11.1% in Sierra Leone, Nigeria 10.0%, Mali 10.6%, and in Cape Verde 1.7% (18). The difference might be as a result of study population, and socio-economic dissimilarity.…”

An overview of skin disorders in under-fives over a ten-year period in a tertiary institution in South: South, Nigeria

“…The major cause of mortality in this group is pneumonia, malaria, HIV/AIDS, neonatal sepsis, diarrhoeal diseases and meningitis. 1 Malnutrition is also a contributory disease to under five mortality within this region. 2,3 Skin diseases like Kaposi sarcoma, herpes zoaster, pruritic papular eruptions, seborrhoeic dermatitis, molluscum contagiosum have been seen in high frequency in HIV/AIDS which is one of the major causes of death in the under-fives in Sub Saharan Africa.…”

Does free of charge policy increase care-seeking for children under five in Sierra Leone? Evidence from population-based studies from 2008-2016

“…The biggest share of this mortality (41.3%) is attributable to infectious diseases among which the leading killers -pneumonia (12%), diarrhea (8.3%), sepsis (7%) and malaria (5%) -are preventable and treatable febrile diseases [1]. These diseases in children under the age of ve remain a public health problem and constitute a handicap of the good growth of children in low incomes countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa countries [2]. It was reported 779 cases of respiratory infections per 100,000 population in 2017, and 1028 million cases of diarrhea every year in childhood [3] in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).…”

“…Using fever as an indicator of morbidity in children under ve this study aims to evaluate the trend in the prevalence of care-seeking for fever as well as to identify determinants of utilization of healthcare services by U5 caregivers in the context of FHCI. Independent variables included those for the description of the socio-demographic and those for the assessment of the determinants of the care-seeking for fever: the respondent's age ( [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34], and ≥35 years); the level of education of the mother of the child (none formal level of education, primary, and secondary or higher level of education); the number of children ever born in the household ( [1][2], [3][4] and 5≥children); the gender of the household head of the child; the age of the head of the household of the child ( [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34], and ≥35 years); the wealth index (richest, richer, middle, poor and poorest); the regions (east, north, south, and west)...…”