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  • Environmental Health
  • Global Health
  • Econometrics

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  • Child mortality remains a critical issue in developing countries, influenced by environmental factors.
  • Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, is a suspected contributor to child mortality, particularly from respiratory illnesses.
  • Understanding the specific impacts of different pollution types is essential for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of outdoor air quality (PM2.5) and household air pollution (HAP) on various child mortality indicators in developing countries.
  • To analyze the differential impacts of PM2.5 and HAP on neonatal, post-neonatal, and under-five child mortality.
  • To examine the role of socioeconomic factors and healthcare access in mitigating child mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized annual data from 58 developing countries spanning 2010-2016.
  • Employed panel quantile regression with the method of moments (MM-QR) for empirical modeling.
  • Assessed the significance and magnitude of air pollution effects across different mortality quantiles.

Main Results:

  • Both outdoor PM2.5 and HAP showed a positive and significant association with total child mortality and under-five mortality.
  • HAP demonstrated a larger adverse effect on total child mortality compared to PM2.5.
  • Socioeconomic factors like income, water/sanitation access, and health expenditures were found to reduce child mortality, while open defecation increased it.

Conclusions:

  • Improving both indoor and outdoor air quality is vital for reducing child mortality, especially from respiratory diseases.
  • Addressing socioeconomic determinants, including access to clean water, sanitation, and healthcare, is equally important.
  • Policy interventions should focus on a multi-faceted approach to combatting child mortality in developing nations.