Muzinda, Fungayi S. (2012) Determinants of Child Mortality in a High Density Area of Katanga Township in Norton. Masters thesis, University of Zimbabwe.
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Abstract
In 2000 Zimbabwe signed the United Nation Millennium Declaration along with 188 other countries. The declaration includes eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with 21 corresponding targets and 60 indicators for tracking progress. MDG No.4 aims at reducing global child mortality by two thirds from an incidence of 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 29 deaths per 1000 live births by 2015 (UN, 2000). Zimbabwe, in its indicators seeks to reduce child mortality from 81/1000 in 1990 to 27/1000 by 2015 (MDG Report, 2010). Many countries still lag behind in meeting the MDG targets, and Zimbabwe is one of them. Rates of child morbidity and mortality have remained unacceptably high in Zimbabwe. The current under five mortality rate stands at 89/1000 according to the World Bank (2011) and 86/1000 according to Multiple Indicator Monitoring Survey (MIMS, 2009). It is evident that Zimbabwe will not meet the MDG targets in the remaining four years. The situation has been worsened by the current state of the economy. The economic situation has increased poverty and destroyed the public health system while reducing the standards of living including nutrition. An understanding of the factors underlying high child mortality is thus necessary given the current state of the economy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2018 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2018 08:41 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/3039 |
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