Background predictors of time to death in infancy: evidence from a survival analysis of the 2018 Nigeria DHS data.

Addressing Nigeria's infant survival problem requires interventions that give attention to the key drivers - education, socio-economic status, and socio-cultural contextual issues. We therefore recommend full implementation of the universal basic education policy, and child health education programs targeted at mothers as long- and short-term solutions to the problem of poor child health outcomes in Nigeria. We also argue in favor of better use of evidence in policy and program development in Nigeria.