Bruno Masquelier, Ashira Menashe-Oren, Author at N-IUSSP

Health and mortality

Urban survival advantage in low- and middle-income countries: do children fare better than adults?

June 27, 2022 Bruno Masquelier and Ashira Menashe-Oren

Africa, Children, Health, Mortality, population

In low- and middle-income countries, children survive better in urban than in rural areas. However, Ashira Menashe-Orenand and Bruno Masquelier find that this is not necessarily the case amongst adults, … Read more

Environment and development

Counting who is dying in Sub-Saharan Africa and what they are dying from: an imperative for the post-2015 agenda

March 14, 2021March 7, 2016 Bruno Masquelier and Gloria Mathenge

Africa, Children, Health, inequality, Mortality, Poverty

Introduction The need for timely and reliable mortality estimates is acute in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and about half of all under-five deaths. Yet, there is considerable uncertainty as to mortality … Read more