Four decades of measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Demographic and Health Surveys: historical review

• Main Authors: Joseph Akuze (Author), Simon Cousens (Author), Joy E. Lawn (Author), Peter Waiswa (Author), Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev (Author), Fred Arnold (Author), Trevor Croft (Author), Angela Baschieri (Author), Hannah Blencowe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Worldwide, an estimated 5.1 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually, 98% in low- and middle-income countries. Limited coverage of civil and vital registration systems necessitates reliance on women's retrospective reporting in household surveys for data on the...