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

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 these de...

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Main Authors: Joseph Akuze, Simon Cousens, Joy E. Lawn, Peter Waiswa, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Fred Arnold, Trevor Croft, Angela Baschieri, Hannah Blencowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-020-00225-0