Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?
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- 21 June 2010
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 7 (6) , e1000294
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000294
Abstract
In the first article in a series on maternal, newborn, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Joy Lawn and colleagues outline where and why deaths among mothers and children occur and what known interventions can be employed to prevent these deaths.Keywords
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