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Why Are Babies Dying in the First Month after Birth? A 7-Year Study of Neonatal Mortality in Northern Ghana

OBJECTIVES: To determine the neonatal mortality rate in the Kassena-Nankana District (KND) of northern Ghana, and to identify the leading causes and timing of neonatal deaths. METHODS: The KND falls within the Navrongo Health Research Centre’s Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), which...

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Autores principales: Welaga, Paul, Moyer, Cheryl A., Aborigo, Raymond, Adongo, Philip, Williams, John, Hodgson, Abraham, Oduro, Abraham, Engmann, Cyril
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3602544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058924