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Review
. 2015 Dec;5(2):020303.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.05.020303.

Why are girls still dying unnecessarily? The need to address gender inequity in child health in the post-2015 development agenda

John Jungpa Park  1 , Luciana Brondi  2
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Review

Why are girls still dying unnecessarily? The need to address gender inequity in child health in the post-2015 development agenda

John Jungpa Park et al. J Glob Health. 2015 Dec.
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Ten countries with higher than expected excess under–five (U5) female mortality and outlying U5 sex ratios in 2012. Legend: 1 – India, 2 – Pakistan, 3 – China, 4 – Bangladesh, 5 – Afghanistan, 6 – Egypt, 7 – Iran, 8 – Nepal, 9 – Jordan, 10 – Bahrain. The bubble chart was created using UNICEF statistics and data from Alkema et al. [3] to demonstrate the 10 countries with outlying U5 sex ratios and higher than expected excess female U5 mortality. Countries are ranked in order of highest ratio of excess female U5 mortality to total number of U5 mortality. The size of the bubble corresponds to the total U5 population in each country, emphasizing the importance of addressing gender issues in child health in countries with large child populations. Source: UNICEF statistics, available at http://data.unicef.org/resources.
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