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Child mortality is perhaps one of the most crucial and avoidable global health concerns. The issue is commonly on the agenda of public health and international development agencies and has received renewed attention as a part of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Approximately 10 million infants and children under five years of age die each year, with large variations in under-five mortality rates across regions and countries (WHO 2004). In many low-income countries, 10–20 per cent of children die before reaching five years (Moser et al. 2005).
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Mutunga, C.J. (2011). Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya. In: McGillivray, M., Dutta, I., Lawson, D. (eds) Health Inequality and Development. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304673_5
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