An Empirical Analysis of Death of Children Under Five Years in Rwanda

The early childhood mortality is still high and a huge problem in sub-Saharan Africa region. The aim of this paper is to identify factors which cause the death of children under five years and the prevalence of them. The study applied quantitative method in which 3015 mothers that have lost children under five years were investigated. The analysis in this paper was done with the help of simple percentages and survival analysis. The results indicate that 44.4% of the children under five die because of malnutrition, 11.8% of the children under five die because of diarrhea, 17.1% of the children under five die because of poisoning. The hazard of death is highest in the neonatal period and malnutrition diminishes cognitive and physical development of children, it is very important to encourage the health workers to teach the mother to take in healthy food and show them the wide varieties