Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine biological, maternal and socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Sierra Leone. Design/methodology/approach: It uses an analytical framework and Cox proportional hazards regression to break down the effects of factors determining infant...

Purpose Pakistan ranks third globally in terms of newborn deaths occuring within the first 24 hours of life. With a neonatal mortality rate of 42.0%, it carries the highest burden compared to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh (17%), India (22.7%) and Afghanistan (37%). While there has...