Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Imran Ahmed (Author), Said Mohammed Ali (Author), Seeba Amenga-Etego (Author), Shabina Ariff (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Abdullah H Baqui (Author), Nazma Begum (Author), Nita Bhandari (Author), Kiran Bhatia (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta (Author), Godfrey Biemba (Author), Saikat Deb (Author), Usha Dhingra (Author), Brinda Dube (Author), Arup Dutta (Author), Karen Edmond (Author), Fabian Esamai (Author), Wafaie Fawzi (Author), Amit Kumar Ghosh (Author), Peter Gisore (Author), Caroline Grogan (Author), Davidson H Hamer (Author), Julie Herlihy (Author), Lisa Hurt (Author), Muhammad Ilyas (Author), Fyezah Jehan (Author), Michel Kalonji (Author), Jasmine Kaur (Author), Rasheda Khanam (Author), Betty Kirkwood (Author), Aarti Kumar (Author), Alok Kumar (Author), Vishwajeet Kumar (Author), Alexander Manu (Author), Irene Marete (Author), Honorati Masanja (Author), Sarmila Mazumder (Author), Usma Mehmood (Author), Shambhavi Mishra (Author), Dipak K Mitra (Author), Erick Mlay (Author), Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan (Author), Mamun Ibne Moin (Author), Karim Muhammad (Author), Alfa Muhihi (Author), Samuel Newton (Author), Serge Ngaima (Author), Andre Nguwo (Author), Imran Nisar (Author), Maureen O'Leary (Author), John Otomba (Author), Pawankumar Patil (Author), Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum (Author), Mohammed Hefzur Rahman (Author), Sunil Sazawal (Author), Katherine EA Semrau (Author), Caitlin Shannon (Author), Emily R Smith (Author), Sajid Soofi (Author), Seyi Soremekun (Author), Venantius Sunday (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Antoinette Tshefu (Author), Yaqub Wasan (Author), Kojo Yeboah-Antwi (Author), Sachiyo Yoshida (Author), Anita Zaidi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: Modelled mortality estimates have been useful for health programmes in low-income and middle-income countries. However, these estimates are often based on sparse and low-quality data. We aimed to generate high quality data about the burden, timing, and causes of maternal deaths,...