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Infant Mortality in Zambia - Explaining Proximate Determinants: IMR Zambia - Couverture souple

Mapoma, Christopher Chabila

 
9783846556504: Infant Mortality in Zambia - Explaining Proximate Determinants: IMR Zambia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846556505 ISBN 13 : 9783846556504
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The importance attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other infrastructure available to a population. In the past decade, Zambia’s infant mortality rate was/has been one of the highest not just in the Eastern Region of Africa but Sub-Saharan Africa as well. The question begging answers is why was Zambia experiencing such high infant mortality? Infant mortality is influenced by a combination of factors. Amongst these, socio-economic, demographic and environmental aspects are major contributors to the rise in infant mortality. Such a glaring scenario requires effecting measures that aim at making it possible for infant mortality rate to fall or rather reversed. Improvement of one variable should aim at improving others as well, and for this reason, the general improvement of the economy may have a multiplier effect in reducing infant mortality.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The importance attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other infrastructure available to a population. In the past decade, Zambia’s infant mortality rate was/has been one of the highest not just in the Eastern Region of Africa but Sub-Saharan Africa as well. The question begging answers is why was Zambia experiencing such high infant mortality? Infant mortality is influenced by a combination of factors. Amongst these, socio-economic, demographic and environmental aspects are major contributors to the rise in infant mortality. Such a glaring scenario requires effecting measures that aim at making it possible for infant mortality rate to fall or rather reversed. Improvement of one variable should aim at improving others as well, and for this reason, the general improvement of the economy may have a multiplier effect in reducing infant mortality.

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher C. Mapoma is a faculty member in the Department of Population Studies, University of Zambia. He has a Master of Laws and a BA in Demography; he also has other examined and non-examined certificates in Health, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, HIV/AIDS, Economics and Statistics. He is currently a PhD candidate in Population Studies.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846556505
ISBN 13 
9783846556504
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
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