Interactive Effects of Health Expenditure and Income Inequality on Under-five Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

10.5281/zenodo.22683728

Taye, A., Onisanwa, I. D., & Dankumo, A. M. (2026). Interactive Effects of Health Expenditure and Income Inequality on Under-five Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, 1(7). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683728

Taye, Alekeu, Idowu Daniel Onisanwa, and Ali Madina Dankumo. "Interactive Effects of Health Expenditure and Income Inequality on Under-five Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, vol. 1, no. 7, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683728

Taye, Alekeu, Idowu Daniel Onisanwa, and Ali Madina Dankumo. "Interactive Effects of Health Expenditure and Income Inequality on Under-five Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies 1, no. 7 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22683728

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