DHS in the News

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Ernest Nzor
LEADERSHIP (Nigeria)

"...The Nigerian Demographic Health Surveys (NDHSs) under-five mortality shows that Nigeria has declined from 201 per 1,000 live births in 2003 to 132 per 1000 live births in 2018, a 35 per cent decline in 15 years. Most of this decline occurred in children 1 to 59 months of age with a smaller decline in neonatal mortality..."

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Abstract:

Ernest Nzor
LEADERSHIP (Nigeria)

"...The Nigerian Demographic Health Surveys (NDHSs) under-five mortality shows that Nigeria has declined from 201 per 1,000 live births in 2003 to 132 per 1000 live births in 2018, a 35 per cent decline in 15 years. Most of this decline occurred in children 1 to 59 months of age with a smaller decline in neonatal mortality..."

URL to article: https://leadership.ng/the-worrisome-data-from-demographic-health-surveys-on-under-5-mortality/