Systematic review of the magnitude and case fatality ratio for severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2010.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on September 28, 2011

Authors

Dan K Kaye1, Othman Kakaire, Michael O Osinde

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, PO Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. dankkaye@yahoo.com

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