Levels and correlates of non-adherence to the WHO’s recommended inter-birth interval lengths among childbearing-aged multiparous women in Rufiji,Tanzania • Amon Exavery, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Sigilbet Mrema, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Amri Shamte, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Kristin Bietsch, Princeton University ; Godfrey Mbaruku, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Honorati Masanja, Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre

Analysing gaps in child health in the UK: a “weathering” hypothesis perspective • Alice Goisis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Wendy Sigle-Rushton, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Could infant mortality analysis with time-invariant covariate effects be misleading? Evidence from urban Turkey • Murat G. Kirdar, Middle East Technical University ; Mehmet Ali Eryurt, Hacettepe University ; Ismet Koc, Hacettepe University

Successes and failures in the fight against child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Senegal, a country with low AIDS prevalence • Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Laetitia Douillot, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Malick Kante, Columbia University ; Cheikh Sokhna, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Jean-François Trape, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

The effect of mother’s age on neonatal survival associated with first and second birth in rural, Tanzania • Majige B. Selemani, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Mathew Alexandre, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Dan Kajungu, INESS ; Abdallah Mkopi, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Sigilbet Mrema, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Rose Nathan, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI)