Demography, maternal health and the epidemiology of malaria and other major infectious diseases in the rural department Tsamba-Magotsi, Ngounie Province, in central African Gabon

• Main Authors: R. Zoleko Manego (Author), G. Mombo-Ngoma (Author), M. Witte (Author), J. Held (Author), M. Gmeiner (Author), T. Gebru (Author), B. Tazemda (Author), J. Mischlinger (Author), M. Groger (Author), B. Lell (Author), A. A. Adegnika (Author), S. T. Agnandji (Author), P. G. Kremsner (Author), B. Mordmüller (Author), M. Ramharter (Author), P. B. Matsiegui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing an epidemiological transition from a predominance of infectious diseases to non-communicable and lifestyle related conditions. However, the pace of this transition and the pattern of disease epidemiology are uneven between affluent urban and rural...