TY - RPRT AU - Greenwell, K. Fern AU - Winner, Michelle CY - Rockville, Maryland, USA TI - Infant survival outcomes in Guinea in light of improved maternal and child care: Further analysis of the 2005 and 2012 Demographic and Health Surveys T2 - DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 96 PB - ICF International PY - 2014 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FA96/FA96.pdf AB - The purpose of this analysis is to provide information useful for designing effective maternal and child health interventions to improve infant survival in Guinea. While the final reports of the Guinea Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS) 2005 and 2012 provide valuable descriptive information on levels and trends of early childhood mortality and on the use of maternal and child health (MCH) services, the present analysis goes a step beyond, to further investigate the relationship between specific MCH interventions and infant survival. This survival analysis showed that improvements in infant survival occurred mainly in the later months of the first year of life. The results suggest that delivery in a health facility and postnatal care for the newborn, along with other unidentified factors, are most likely to affect survival outcomes. The latter is particularly true for neonatal survival, since we did not find evidence that the MCH indicators tested in this study are associated with better neonatal survival. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. This study was carried out with support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through The DHS Program (#GPO–C–00–08–00008–00). The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. The DHS Program assists countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. For additional information about the DHS Program contact: DHS Program, ICF International, 530 Gaither Road, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; phone: 301-407-6500, fax: 301-407-6501, email: reports@dhsprogram.com, Internet: www.dhsprogram.com. ER -