A 10 year study of the cause of death in children under 15 years in Manhiça, Mozambique
Open Access
- 24 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 9 (1) , 67
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-67
Abstract
Approximately 46 million of the estimated 60 million deaths that occur in the world each year take place in developing countries. Further, this mortality is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, although causes of mortality in this region are not well documented. The objective of this study is to describe the most frequent causes of mortality in children under 15 years of age in the demographic surveillance area of the Manhiça Health Research Centre, between 1997 and 2006, using the verbal autopsy tool.Keywords
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