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
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/76e5e2b9d0344a488e2e55bb9b6e9c54
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