How Zambia Reduced Inequalities in Under-Five Mortality Rates Over the Last Two Decades: A Mixed-Methods Study

Abstract

Zambia experienced a major decline in under-five mortality rates (U5MR), with one of the fastest declines in socio-economic disparities in sub-Saharan Africa in the last two decades. We aimed to understand the extent to which, and how, Zambia has reduced socio-economic inequalities in U5MR since 2000.