Sub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?

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dc.contributor.authorKinney, Mary V.
dc.contributor.authorKerber, Kate J.
dc.contributor.authorBlack, Robert E.
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Barney
dc.contributor.authorNkrumah, Francis
dc.contributor.authorCoovadia, Hoosen
dc.contributor.authorNampala, Paul Michael
dc.contributor.authorLawn, Joy E.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-27T14:45:13Z
dc.date.available2022-11-27T14:45:13Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper is part of a PLoS Medicine series on maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa. Nearly 4.7 million mothers, newborns, and children die each year in sub-Saharan Africa: 265,000 mothers die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth [1]; 1,208,000 babies die before they reach one month of age ; and 3,192,000 children, who survived their first month of life, die before their fifth birthday [1]. This toll of more than 13,000 deaths per day accounts for half of the world’s maternal and child deaths. In addition, an estimated 880,000 babies are stillborn in sub- Saharan Africa and remain invisible on the policy agenda. With only five years left to achieve the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for maternal and child health, most African countries in the region are currently unlikely to meet their MDG targets. Since time is short for achieving success, a critical understanding of where and why these deaths occur, and of strategic, data-based prioritization of interventions, are essential to accelerate progress.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKinney MV, Kerber KJ, Black RE, Cohen B, Nkrumah F, et al. (2010) Sub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die? PLoS Med 7(6): e1000294. doi:10.1371/ journal.pmed.1000294en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1371/ journal.pmed.1000294
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5475
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLoS medicineen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa’s Mothersen_US
dc.subjectNewbornsen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.titleSub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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