Causes of under-5 mortality
Child mortality in low-income countries is a key topic for public
health. One of the millennium development goals in 2010 was to
reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 (15). In most developing
countries, child mortality declined considerably. Unfortunately
this decline did not show a homogeneous dispersion geographically.
Disparities were seen between inland and cross-nations.
These disparities can be due togeographical differences and/or
large-scale environmental and socioeconomic factors, as well as