child mortality

Evidence from 37 low- and middle-income countries shows that cash transfer programmes were associated with a 20% reduction in mortality for adult women and an 8% reduction in mortality for children aged <5 years

Maternal dengue infections decrease birth weight, increase the risk for low birth weight and the number of hospitalisations of children in the first three years of life

In developing countries, women with at least one sibling who died in childhood face 39% higher odds of losing a child themselves

Whilst financial incentives to healthcare providers might seem a sensible solution to improving service provision, evidence from DRC shows otherwise

Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates

An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda