Prevalence and determinants of under-five mortality (U5M) in low-and lower -middle-income countries: Evidence from recent demographic and health surveys

In LLMICs, U5M remains high, strongly associated with large family size and high maternal illiteracy. Governments and non-governmental organizations should promote maternal education and contraception use to facilitate birth spacing and family planning, while tailoring interventions to country-specific contexts.

Authors

Md. Alamgir Sarder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4472-3051)
Benojir Ahammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-9579)
Subarna Kundu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-4440)
Md. Khairul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9613-1379)
Murfia Muna
Tabassum Mehedi
Maliha Mahajabin

Institutions

Khulna University (BD)
University of Southern Queensland (AU)

Publication Details

Journal: PLoS ONE
Published: 2025-11-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336616
Primary Topic: Global Maternal and Child Health
Type: article
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article

Prevalence and determinants of under-five mortality (U5M) in low-and lower -middle-income countries: Evidence from recent demographic and health surveys

Md. Alamgir Sarder, Benojir Ahammed, Subarna Kundu, Md. Khairul Islam et al.

Nov 20, 2025

PLoS ONE

Global Maternal and Child Health

article

Prevalence and determinants of under-five mortality (U5M) in low-and lower -middle-income countries: Evidence from recent demographic and health surveys

Md. Alamgir Sarder, Benojir Ahammed, Subarna Kundu, Md. Khairul Islam, Murfia Muna, Tabassum Mehedi, Maliha Mahajabin

November 20, 2025article en

Abstract

In LLMICs, U5M remains high, strongly associated with large family size and high maternal illiteracy. Governments and non-governmental organizations should promote maternal education and contraception use to facilitate birth spacing and family planning, while tailoring interventions to country-specific contexts.

PLoS ONEVol. 20(11)

Khulna University (BD), University of Southern Queensland (AU)

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