PREDICTION OF MATERNAL MORTALITY FOR UGANDA USING A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH
Keywords:
ANN, Forecasting, Maternal Mortality Ratio.Abstract
This research article employs annual time series data on MMR for Uganda from 1985 to 2023 to predict future trends of MMR over the period 2024 to 2035. The forecast evaluation criteria of the applied model indicate that the ANN (12, 12, 1) model is stable. The neural network model projections revealed that MMR will remain high throughout the out of sample period. Therefore, we encourage the government to adopt the suggested 5-fold policy prescription.
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