Two million intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths: Where, why, and what can be done?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Lawn, Joy E ^a   Lee, Anne C C ^b   Kinney, Mary ^a   Sibley, Lynn ^c   Carlo, Wally A ^d   Paul, Vinod K ^e   Pattinson, Robert ^f   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b,g  

^a Save the Children   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia neonatorum; Birth asphyxia; Intrapartum related neonatal deaths; Low income countries; Maternal mortality; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77949884145     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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