In many epidemiological studies time to event data are grouped into strata (or clusters), such as, geographic region, districts, villages and so on. Consequently, cluster specific effects on survival times may cause an ...
Pneumonia is the number one largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. More than 150 million cases of pneumonia occur in each year and it kills about 2,500 children every day. It is most prevalent in South ...
Introduction: Maternal mortality is one of the socio-economic problems and widely considered a serious indicator of the quality of a health. As UNICEF report in 2016 the global MMR declined by 44% during the MDG era, which ...
Introduction: Tuberculosis is the long-lasting infectious disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Globally, in 2016 alone, approximately 10.4 million new cases have occurred worldwide. Africa has ...