Education provides a path to reduced child mortality, new CHAIN-IHME study finds

In this video, Professor Terje Andreas Eikemo en Kam Sripada explain the results of the groundbreaking CHAIN-IHME study that found that each additional year of mothers’ and fathers’ schooling is linked to a reduction in under-5 mortality of 1.6% and 3.0% respectively. Over 12 years of a parent's education, these effects accumulate to a 17.3% decreased child mortality related to paternal education and a 31% decrease linked to maternal education.

CHAIN is the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, based at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
IHME is the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which is part of the University of Washington.

Find the study here:
A factsheet visualising the study's findings is available here:

More information about CHAIN: www.ntnu.edu/chain
More information about IHME: http://www.healthdata.org/

This video was produced by NTNU