@article{fdi:010063235,
  title = {{C}ause-specific childhood mortality in {A}frica and {A}sia : evidence from {INDEPTH} health and demographic surveillance system sites},
  author = {{S}treatfield, {P}.{K}. and {K}han, {W}.{A}. and {B}huiya, {A}. and {D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie and {D}iallo, {A}ldiouma and {D}ouillot, {L}aetitia and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and et al.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {C}hildhood mortality, particularly in the first 5 years of life, is a major global concern and the target of {M}illennium {D}evelopment {G}oal 4. {A}lthough the majority of childhood deaths occur in {A}frica and {A}sia, these are also the regions where such deaths are least likely to be registered. {T}he {INDEPTH} {N}etwork works to alleviate this problem by collating detailed individual data from defined {H}ealth and {D}emographic {S}urveillance sites. {B}y registering deaths and carrying out verbal autopsies to determine cause of death across many such sites, using standardised methods, the {N}etwork seeks to generate population-based mortality statistics that are not otherwise available. {O}bjective: {T}o present a description of cause-specific mortality rates and fractions over the first 15 years of life as documented by {INDEPTH} {N}etwork sites in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica and south-east {A}sia. {D}esign: {A}ll childhood deaths at {INDEPTH} sites are routinely registered and followed up with verbal autopsy ({VA}) interviews. {F}or this study, {VA} archives were transformed into the {WHO} 2012 {VA} standard format and processed using the {I}nter{VA}-4 model to assign cause of death. {R}outine surveillance data also provided person-time denominators for mortality rates. {C}ause-specific mortality rates and cause-specific mortality fractions are presented according to {WHO} 2012 {VA} cause groups for neonatal, infant, 1–4 year and 5–14 year age groups. {R}esults: {A} total of 28,751 childhood deaths were documented during 4,387,824 person-years over 18 sites. {I}nfant mortality ranged from 11 to 78 per 1,000 live births, with under-5 mortality from 15 to 152 per 1,000 live births. {S}ites in {V}ietnam and {K}enya accounted for the lowest and highest mortality rates reported. {C}onclusions: {M}any children continue to die from relatively preventable causes, particularly in areas with high rates of malaria and {HIV}/{AIDS}. {N}eonatal mortality persists at relatively high, and perhaps sometimes under-documented, rates. {E}xternal causes of death are a significant childhood problem in some settings.},
  keywords = {{MORTALITE} {INFANTILE} ; {TAUX} {DE} {MORTALITE} ; {GROUPE} {D}'{AGE} ; {ENQUETE} ; {SURVEILLANCE} ; {SURVEILLANCE} {SANITAIRE} ; {CAUSE} {DE} {DECES} ; {ASIE} ; {BANGLADESH} ; {INDE} ; {VIET} {NAM} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {ETHIOPIE} ; {GAMBIE} ; {KENYA} ; {MALAWI} ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {H}ealth {A}ction},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 23363 [12 ]},
  ISSN = {1654-9880},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.3402/gha.v7.25363},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063235},
}