Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in in- fant mortality in Sub …-Saharan Africa over the past 15 years? Using large household surveys collected in 16 countries and exploiting the spatial correlation … contrast, in highly malarious rural areas where bednet coverage reached high levels, above 75% of households, infant mortality …

developing countries. Health outcome is proxied by life expectancy and under-5-mortality rate. We accounted for the endogeneity … developing countries. More specifically the prevalence of HIV increases the under-5-mortality rate and decreases life expectancy …; immunization increases life expectancy but decreases under-5-mortality rate. It was equally revealed in the study that health …