Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die?

Kinney, Mary V; Kerber, Kate J; Black, Robert E; Cohen, Barney; Nkrumah, Francis; Coovadia, Hoosen; Nampala, Paul Michael; Lawn, Joy E et al. · PLoS Med · 2010

review · Level V

Where this comes from

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.

Medical subject headings