Determinants of Children U5 Mortality due to Malaria in Ghana
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43310%2F23%3A43924865" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43310/23:43924865 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p485" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p485</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p485" target="_blank" >10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p485</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Determinants of Children U5 Mortality due to Malaria in Ghana
Original language description
Sustainable development cannot be fulfilled without developing an effective health sector to address health-related issues among children, especially in underdeveloped countries like Ghana. Malaria, in particular, has been identified as a significant disease and cause of death among children under five years of age (U5) in Ghana, although it has drastically reduced in recent years. Against this background, this paper attempts to assess some factors that may have determined the development of U5 mortality due to malaria in Ghana using time series data from 2000-2019. The OLS regression results indicate that domestic government health expenditure, clean drinking water and insecticide-treated nets have a negative connection with children U5 mortality due to malaria in the country. The findings also show a weak positive relationship between malaria infection prevalence and U5 mortality from malaria. Contrary to prior expectations, the results reveal a negative relationship between low birth weight, overweight, stunted, and children U5 mortality from malaria infection. The study concludes that addressing malaria cases among children U5 would greatly depend on building and sustaining resource redistribution through strategic policy, reliable funding, and effective health institutions to tackle malaria incidence and deaths among U5 in the country.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Sustainable Development
ISSN
2239-5938
e-ISSN
2239-6101
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
485-496
UT code for WoS article
001149319600039
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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