Friday, May 1 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   LaSalle

Session 81:
Child Health and Survival

Chair: Mahesh Puri, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)
Discussant: Emmanuela Gakidou, University of Washington

  1. Income Inequality and Child Survival in BangladeshSheikh M. Giashuddin, Jagannath University ; Mohammad Kabir, Jahangirnagar University

  2. District Level Inequalities in Child Survival in India: Results of the Reproductive and Child Health District Level Health Survey II, 2002-2004Jesse Abbott-Klafter, University of California, San Francisco ; Nirmala Ravishankar, University of Washington ; Paul Gubbins, University of Washington ; Christopher J.L. Murray, University of Washington

  3. Childhood Mortality Levels and Trends in Kenya: New Estimates Based on the Own Children MethodCollins Opiyo, University of Pennsylvania

  4. Does Contracting Out Primary Care Services Improve Child Health? The Case of GuatemalaJulian P. Cristia, Inter-American Development Bank ; William N. Evans, University of Maryland ; Beomsoo Kim, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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