Part 1: Child Mortality and Millennium Development Goal 4 • G...

Part 1: Child Mortality and Millennium Development Goal 4

• Go to the World Health Organization’s website link, “Child Mortality Levels: Number of Deaths (Thousands) by Country,” listed in this week’s Learning Resources.

• Select five different countries representing different geographical regions.

• For each of your chosen countries, select one of the child mortality rates under the “Number of under-five deaths (thousands)” column or the “Number of infant deaths (thousands)” column. Click on the title to read more about each indicator. Links will open in a separate window.

• Download data of these countries (or write them up in an Excel sheet).

• Draw a time series chart of your selected child mortality rate of these countries.

Note: Refer to the “Time Series Chart Example” document in this week’s Learning Resources.

Insert your time series chart of child mortality rates of these countries.
What are your main observations regarding this chart?

Part 2: Child Health (10 points)

• Go to the World Health Organization’s website link, “Child Health,” listed in this week’s Learning Resources.

• Choose one of the following:
Click on “Care of children,” and select one of the sub-indicator columns in the data table (e.g., “Children aged <5 years with diarrhea receiving ORT”)
Or
Click on “Immunization,” then click on one of the sub-indicators listed (e.g., “BCG”)

Download the latest data points of this sub- indicator for the countries you selected in Part 1 for the same time period (e.g. from 2009-2014).

Present graphically (as columns or rows) the level of this indicator among your selected countries.

Insert your graphical presentation chart of indicator of child health of these countries.

What are your main observations regarding this chart?

Part 3: Determinants of Child Mortality
• Go to the World Health Organization’s website link, “Health Equity Monitor Database,” listed in this week’s Learning Resources.

• Click on “Child health services,” then on the indicator you chose in Part 2.

• Select one of indicators set. As an example: If you choose one of the immunization topics (i.e., Full, BCG, DTP3, measles, polio, etc.), you may choose from “Place of residence,” “Child’s sex,” “Educational level,” or “Quelth quintile.”

• Download the latest data points of this indicator for the countries you selected in Part 1 for the same time period (e.g. from 2009-2014).

• Present graphically (as columns or rows) the level of this indicator among your selected countries.

Insert your graphical presentation chart of health equity indicator of these countries here.

What are your main observations regarding this chart?

Part 4: Conclusion

Summarize and interpret your results in the above exercise. Support your results with citations from the Learning Resources or any additional resources.