Tracking facility-based perinatal deaths in Tanzania: Results from an indicator validation assessment.

Tracking facility-based perinatal deaths in Tanzania: Results from an indicator validation assessment.

BACKGROUND:Globally, an estimated 2.7 million babies die in the neonatal period annually, and of these, about 0.7 million die from intrapartum-related events. In Tanzania 51,000 newborn deaths and 43,000 stillbirths occur every year. Approximately two-thirds of these deaths could be potentially prev...

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Main Authors: Marya Plotkin, Dunstan Bishanga, Hussein Kidanto, Mary Carol Jennings, Jim Ricca, Amasha Mwanamsangu, Gaudiosa Tibaijuka, Ruth Lemwayi, Benny Ngereza, Mary Drake, Jeremie Zougrana, Neena Khadka, James A Litch, Barbara Rawlins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6063433?pdf=render

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