The impact of adult deaths on children’s health in Northwestern Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSemali, Innocent A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-11T09:51:10Z
dc.date.available2020-03-11T09:51:10Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractJanuary 2000 In Tanzania, a poor country experiencing a severe AIDS epidemic, the children whose health is hit hardest by the death of a parent or other adult are those in the poorest households, those with uneducated parents, and those with the least access to health care. Three important health interventions mitigate the impact of adult deaths: immunization against measles, oral rehydration salts, and access to health care. The AIDS epidemic is dramatically increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African countries, with potentially severe consequences for surviving family members. Until now, most of these impacts had not been quantified. Ainsworth and Semali examine the impact of adult mortality in Tanzania on three measures of health among children under five: morbidity, height for age, and weight for height. The children hit hardest by the death of a parent or other adult are those in the poorest households, those with uneducated parents, and those with the least access to health care. Ainsworth and Semali also show how much three important health interventions - immunization against measles, oral rehydration salts, and access to health care - can do to mitigate the impact of adult mortality. These programs disproportionately improve health outcomes among the poorest children and, within that group, among children affected by adult mortality. In Tanzania there is so much poverty and child health indicators are so low that these interventions should be targeted as much as possible to the poorest ouseholds, where the children hit hardest by adult mortality are most likely to be found.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe World Bank, USAID, and DANIDAen_US
dc.identifier.citationAinsworth, M. and Semali, I., 2000. The impact of adult deaths on children's health in northwestern Tanzania. The World Banken_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-2266
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/329
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe World Banken_US
dc.subjectAdult deathsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectChild healthen_US
dc.titleThe impact of adult deaths on children’s health in Northwestern Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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