Effect of maternal death on child survival in rural West Africa: 25 years of prospective surveillance data in The Gambia

The death of a mother is a tragedy in itself but it can also have devastating effects for the survival of her children. We aim to explore the impact of a mother's death on child survival in rural Gambia, West Africa. We used 25 years of prospective surveillance data from the Farafenni Health an...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0172286
Main Authors:	Scott, Susana, Kendall, Lindsay, Gomez, Pierre, Howie, Stephen R. C., Zaman, Syed M. A., Ceesay, Samba, D’Alessandro, Umberto, Jasseh, Momodou
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 22.02.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Age Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Birth Birth Intervals Births Child Child health Child Mortality Child, Preschool Childbirth & labor Children Children & youth Childrens health Councils Death Death & dying Demographics Earth Sciences Epidemiology Female Gambia - epidemiology HIV Households Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hygiene Immunization Infant Infant Mortality Infant, Newborn Infants Infectious diseases Low income groups Male Maternal & child health Maternal Mortality Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Mothers Newborn babies People and Places Population Population Surveillance Postpartum period Pregnancy Prospective Studies Reproductive health Risk factors Rural areas Rural Population Socioeconomic Factors Studies Surveillance Survival Survival Rate Towns Underserved populations Young Adult Africa New Zealand United Kingdom > UK Gambia Switzerland West Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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