Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions?

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Published in PLoS Med on June 21, 2010

Authors

Ingrid K Friberg1, Mary V Kinney, Joy E Lawn, Kate J Kerber, M Oladoyin Odubanjo, Anne-Marie Bergh, Neff Walker, Eva Weissman, Mickey Chopra, Robert E Black, Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children working group, Henrik Axelson, Barney Cohen, Hoosen Coovadia, Roseanne Diab, Francis Nkrumah

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

Associated clinical trials:

Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience Study Phase 2 in Migori County (CPIPE2) | NCT05019131

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