%0 Journal Article %T View Point: Economic growth and child health in Sub Saharan Africa %A BA O¡¯Hare %A N Bar-Zeev %A L Chiwaula %J Malawi Medical Journal %D 2012 %I %X After independence most African countries witnessed growth in their economies and decreases in child mortality. However both economic growth and the gains in under 5 mortality slowed dramatically in the 1980s and 1990s. %U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/mmj/article/view/85669