[Infant and child mortality in Palestine]

Robynn Hera; Nancy Stiegler; Jean-Pierre Bouchard

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2023.08.009

[Infant and child mortality in Palestine]

Rev Infirm. 2023 Oct;72(294):33-36. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2023.08.009. Epub 2023 Sep 28.

[Article in French]

Authors

Robynn Hera¹, Nancy Stiegler¹, Jean-Pierre Bouchard²

Affiliations

¹ Statistics and Population Studies Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe road, Bellville, 7535 Cape-Town, South-Africa.
² Statistics and Population Studies Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe road, Bellville, 7535 Cape-Town, South-Africa; Psychologie-criminologie-victimologie (PCV), 33000 Bordeaux, France; Centre hospitalier de Cadillac (IPJP/UMD), 33410 Cadillac, France. Electronic address: jean_pierre_bouchard@yahoo.fr.

PMID: 37838369
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2023.08.009

Abstract

The infant mortality rate (children under five) in Palestine is 21 deaths per 1,000 live births. Palestine has thus successfully reached the threshold set by the Millennium Development Goals for child mortality. However, this rate is higher than in neighboring countries. This indicator is extremely important as it is a highly sensitive indirect measure of population health, poverty and socio-economic development status, as well as the availability and quality of health services in a country. These are all factors that still present challenges in Palestine.

Keywords: Middle East; Moyen-Orient; Palestine; birth interval; contraception; family planning; grossesse; infant mortality; intervalle entre les naissances; mortalité infanto-juvénile; planning familial; pregnancy.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child Mortality*
Health Services
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality*
Mortality