Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die?

Mary V Kinney ; Kate J Kerber ; Robert E Black ; Barney Cohen ; Francis Nkrumah ; Hoosen Coovadia ; Paul Michael Nampala ; Joy E Lawn

; Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborn ; Henrik Axelson ; +7 more... Anne-Marie Bergh ; Mickey Chopra ; Roseanne Diab ; Ingrid Friberg ; Oladoyin Odubanjo ; Neff Walker ; Eva Weissman ; (2010) Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS medicine, 7 (6). e1000294-. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000294

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In the first article in a series on maternal, newborn, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Joy Lawn and colleagues outline where and why deaths among mothers and children occur and what known interventions can be employed to prevent these deaths.