Incidence and determinants of perinatal mortality in five urban hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cohort study with an embedded case-control analysis

• Main Authors: Brenda Sequeira Dmello (Author), Thomas Wiswa John (Author), Natasha Housseine (Author), Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch (Author), Jos van Roosmalen (Author), Thomas van den Akker (Author), Monica Lauridsen Kujabi (Author), Charles Festo (Author), Daniel Nkungu (Author), Zainab Muniro (Author), Idrissa Kabanda (Author), Rukia Msumi (Author), Luzango Maembe (Author), Mtingele Sangalala (Author), Ester Hyera (Author), Joyce Lema (Author), Scolastica Bayongo (Author), Johnson Mshiu (Author), Hussein Lesio Kidanto (Author), Nanna Maaløe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Tanzania has one of the highest burdens of perinatal mortality, with a higher risk among urban versus rural women. To understand the characteristics of perinatal mortality in urban health facilities, study objectives were: I. To assess the incidence of perinatal deaths in publi...