1. Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight among under-Five Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data of 58,857 Children • Sulaimon Adedokun, Obafemi Awolowo University; Sanni Yaya, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada.

2. Multilevel Modelling of the Determinants of under-Five Deaths in South Africa: Evidence from 2016 Demographic Health Survey • Tshediso Barwe, University of Witwatersrand; Mluleki Tsawe, North-West University.

3. Levels, Trends and Inequalities in Mortality among 5–19-Year-Olds in Tanzania: Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Study (1995-2022) • Sophia Kagoye, National Institute for Medical Research; Eveline Konje, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences; Jim Todd, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Charles Mangya, National Institute for Medical Research; Mark Urassa, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza; Abdoulaye Maïga, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Milly Marston, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Ties Boerma, University of Manitoba.

4. Understanding the Multifactorial Influences on under-Five Child Malnutrition in Malawi: A Decomposition Perspective • Faith Millongo, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Kennedy Machira, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources.