Determinants of Children U5 Mortality due to Malaria in Ghana

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Determinants of Children U5 Mortality due to Malaria in Ghana

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Determinants of Children U5 Mortality due to Malaria in Ghana

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Sustainable Development

ISSN

2239-5938

e-ISSN

2239-6101

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

485-496

Kód UT WoS článku

001149319600039

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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