FACTORS INFLUENCING HIGH CHILD MORTALITY IN KAREMO SUBCOUNTY, SIAYA COUNTY –KENYA
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https://doi.org/10.53555/eijmhs.v6i2.138Abstract
Study Objective: To determine factors influencing high child mortality rates at Karemo sub-County, Siaya County Kenya
Study Design: A descriptive cross sectional study
Study Setting: Karemo Sub-County, Siaya County Kenya
Study Subjects/participants: Three hundred and twenty six (326) caregivers of children under five years at house hold levels
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