Evolution in key indicators of maternal and child health across the wealth gradient in 41 sub-Saharan African countries, 1986–2019

Abstract Background Aggregate trends can be useful for summarizing large amounts of information, but this can obscure important distributional aspects. Some population subgroups can be worse off even as averages climb, for example. Distributional information can identify health inequalities, which i...

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Main Authors: Yeeun Lee, Sarah Bolongaita, Ryoko Sato, Jesse B. Bump, Stéphane Verguet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03183-0