International audience; ObjectivesOne child or young adolescent dies every 10 min in Madagascar and large disparities in survival persist. We estimated cause-specific mortality in a cohort of children aged 0–14 in the Moramanga district and explored how causes of death ...

International audience; The adolescent birth rate (ABR) is an important indicator of maternal health, adolescent sexual health, and gender equity; it remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. While Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are the main source of ABR estimates, Hea...

L’agriculture a connu de profondes transformations au cours du dernier demi-siècle. Un métier familial est devenu une profession individuelle, un savoir-faire coutumier est devenu une compétence reconnue par les diplômes. Dans le même temps, les économies dans lesquelle...

Description of the Moramanga health survey in urban and rural areas in Madagascar (MHURAM) project

International audience; A well known feature of the demographic renewal of the French countryside is the settlement of international migrants. Surprisingly, therefore, internal migrations of immigrants towards rural areas have been largely understudied. Through the stud...

International audience; Background : India has the largest number of under-five deaths globally, and large variations in under-five mortality persist between states and districts. Relationships between under-five mortality and numerous socioeconomic, development and env...

International audience; Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, the literature on end of life is limited and focuses on place of death as an indicator of access and utilization of health-care resources. Little is known about population mobility at the end of life.Objective: ...

Background: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data on causes of death is often inaccurate or incomplete. In this paper, we test whether adding a few questions about injuries and accidents to mortality questionnaires used in representative household surveys wo...

Des recherches pluridisciplinaires empiriques ont montré la complexité des liens entre dynamique démographique et production agricole. A travers deux exemples approfondis, nous illustrons dans cet article les transformations économiques et sociales qui permettent un mai...

Programmes aimed at channelling seasonal workers to the labour market of European countries have a long tradition. Many of them started in the decades following World War II, but have changed a great deal over time, although the majority are aimed seasonal economic sect...