Wealth and child survival: India and Bangladesh

Over the same period, Bangladesh saw a much smaller 23% increase in GNI per capita-from $390 in 2000 to $480 in 2006-but its child mortality dropped by 25% from 92 to 69 per 1000 births.14 The maternal mortality rate also declined from 440 per 10000 births in 1997 to 315 in 2001 in Bangladesh.5 All...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 372; no. 9648; p. 1459
Main Authors Billal, Dewan Sakhawat, Hotomi, Muneki, Yamanaka, Noboru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 25.10.2008
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Bangladesh
Child Mortality - trends
Child, Preschool
Health Services - economics
Health Services - trends
Humans
India
Infant mortality
Internal Medicine
Maternal mortality
Maternal Mortality - trends
Poverty
Bangladesh
India
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Summary:Over the same period, Bangladesh saw a much smaller 23% increase in GNI per capita-from $390 in 2000 to $480 in 2006-but its child mortality dropped by 25% from 92 to 69 per 1000 births.14 The maternal mortality rate also declined from 440 per 10000 births in 1997 to 315 in 2001 in Bangladesh.5 All countries, even the poorest, can reduce child mortality if they pursue the right policies and prioritise their poorest families.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61612-8