Yuhao Kong, Shaoru Chen, Ning Ma, Zekun Chen, Peter Karoli, John Lapah Niyi, Pengyang Fan, Günther Fink, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Feng Cheng, Dongqing Wang, Melkamu Aderajew Zemene, Samwel Maina Gatimu, Nuruzzaman Khan, Ashfikur Rahman, Lelisa Fekadu, Gebretsadik Shibre, Lhuri Dwianti Rahmartani, Justice Moses K Aheto, Pascal Geldsetzer, Zhihui Li
BACKGROUND: Exposure to multiple risk factors is prevalent in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), challenging one-directional strategies to address preventable under-5 mortality (U5M). This study aims to assess the associations between concurrence of multiple risk factors and U5M in LMICs. METHODS: We extracted data from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2010 and 2021 across 61 LMICs. Our primary outcome was U5M, defined as deaths from birth to 59 months...
May 2024: EClinicalMedicine