Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study uses annual time series data on under five
mortality rate for Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2020 to predict future trends of
under-five mortality rate over the period 2021 to 2030. Residuals and forecast
evaluation criteria indicate that the applied model is stable in forecasting
U5MR. ANN model projections indicate that annual U5MR will decline but still
remain high throughout the out of sample period. Therefore, we encourage the
government of Sierra Leone to allocate more resources to the maternal and child
health program and attend to various challenges that affect the quality of
pediatric healthcare services across the country.
Country : Zimbabwe
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2022 pp. 458-461