COMBATING INFANT MORTALITY IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA: NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

COMBATING INFANT MORTALITY IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA: NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Improve sanitation and health delivery has become an important issue because of it significant implication of quality of life in the society. This paper examines the effect of poor sanitation on infant mortality and effort of both government and individual at combating the menace. Demographic records of the Ibadan North LGA from 2006 to 2010 and perceptions of the people were obtained from...
 
Published at Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania
Volume Volume 16
Issue 2
Pages 1-17
Published in 2014
 
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Abimbola Adebimpe Allen and Paul Oluwatomipe Adekola
ADEKOLA PAUL O. » ADEKOLA, Paul O. currently lectures in the Department of Demography & Social Statistics, College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Geography & Planning Sciences, specializing in Human Geography from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria and his Masters Degree in Geography, specializing in Population... view full profile
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