Survival of low birthweight neonates in Uganda: analysis of progress between 1995 and 2011

Survival of low birthweight neonates in Uganda: analysis of progress between 1995 and 2011

Abstract Background Although low birthweight (LBW) babies represent only 15.5% of global births, it is the leading underlying cause of deaths among newborns in countries where neonatal mortality rates are high. In Uganda, like many other sub-Saharan African countries, the progress of reducing neonat...

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Main Authors: Malachi Ochieng Arunda, Anette Agardh, Benedict Oppong Asamoah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Low birthweight
Attributable neonatal mortality
Logistic regression
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis
Cross-sectional
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-018-1831-0

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