Verbal/social autopsy study helps explain the lack of decrease in neonatal mortality in Niger, 2007–2010

Verbal/social autopsy study helps explain the lack of decrease in neonatal mortality in Niger, 2007–2010

This study was one of a set of verbal/social autopsy (VASA) investigations undertaken by the WHO/UNICEF–supported Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group to estimate the causes and determinants of neonatal and child deaths in high priority countries. The study objective was to help explain the...

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Main Authors: Henry D Kalter, Asma Gali Yaroh, Abdou Maina, Alain K Koffi, Khaled Bensaïd, Agbessi Amouzou 5, Robert E Black 6
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Global Health
Subjects:
Child mortality
rates
VASA
Niger
Online Access:http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201601/jogh-06-010604.pdf
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Summary:This study was one of a set of verbal/social autopsy (VASA) investigations undertaken by the WHO/UNICEF–supported Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group to estimate the causes and determinants of neonatal and child deaths in high priority countries. The study objective was to help explain the lack of decrease in neonatal mortality in Niger from 2007 to 2010, a period during which child mortality was decreasing.
ISSN:2047-2978
2047-2986

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