A study published in Health Economics, Policy and Law has found non-health government spending to be associated with lower inequalities in infant mortality rates in low- and middle-income countries, whereas health government expenditure was not. Harvard Pop Center faculty member Mauricio Avendano is an author on the study.
Why is U.S. infant mortality rate among full-term births as high as it is?
Harvard Pop Center Research Analyst Neha Bairoliya, PhD, is co-author of a study published in PLOS Medicine that finds that many of the over 7,000 full-term infant deaths a year in the U.S. could be prevented. Learn more in this Reuters piece.
Earlier breastfeeding associated with fewer respiratory problems during first six months for infants in Tanzania
Wafaie Fawzi is an author on a paper published in The Journal of Pediatrics that explores the link between breastfeeding initiation time, and morbidity and mortality among infants in Tanzania.
Do fertility transitions influence infant mortality declines? Study sheds new light
PGDA Fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, has co-authored a study published in the October issue of Journal of Population Economics that presents a new approach to evaluating the relationship between falling rates of infant mortality and fertility reductions.