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Comparative analysis of the use of professional health providers by young mothers in developing countries: A new frontier for health education
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)
Childbearing accelerates the risk of maternal and child morbidity and young mothers have a much higher risk of dying from maternal causes. Therefore, understanding the dynamics of young mothers’ use of professional health ...
Does seasonality and stochastic cycles affect output growth in Nigeria? Lessons for development planning
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2016)
This paper examines the seasonality and stochastic cycle associated with GDP growth in Nigeria using two measures of filter. Our findings include, that the Christiano & Fitzgerald (2003) filter removed low-periodicity ...
Tri-infection: Tuberculosis, HIV, COVID-19 and the already strained South African health system
(Elsevier, 2021)
The 30th of May 2021 marks the latest significant national address, where President Cyril Ramaphosa moves the country back into level two lockdown with the hopes of curving the new COVID-19 surge while guarding an improving ...
A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS
(SAGE Publications, 2016)
The aim of this article is to show a comparative analysis of contraceptive use in areas of traditionally high
fertility that have gone through profound changes. Data have been taken from the latest Demographic and
Health ...
South Africa: Challenges and successes of the COVID-19 lockdown
(Elsevier, 2020)
At the beginning of March 2020, South Africa (59 million inhabitants) was hit by the pandemic of COVID-19 and soon became the most affected country in Africa by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. From one single case on March 5th, the ...
Analysis of unmarried adolescents and modern contraceptives initiation in Nigeria: Evidence from 2018 NDHS
(MDPI, 2022)
Nigeria is one of Africa’s most populous countries. Nigeria’s population is expected to
exceed 400 million by 2050, putting it among the top five most populous countries in the world. High
birth rates, limited contraception ...
Boys or girls? Sex preferences declared in African and South-Asian demographic surveys
(Elsevier, 2023)
In this interview with Jean-Pierre Bouchard, demographers Michel Garenne and Nancy Stiegler explore
sex-preferences for girls or for boys expressed by women who responded to DHS surveys in 29 African and
10 Asian countries. ...