Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
Abstract Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major cause of new-born deaths in this region and as such SSA now contributes a disproportionate large percentage of glob...
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Main Authors: | Fatima Usman, Abdulazeez Imam, Zubaida L. Farouk, Aliyu L. Dayyabu |
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Language: | EN |
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Ubiquity Press
2019
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/76e5e2b9d0344a488e2e55bb9b6e9c54 |
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