Clean birth and postnatal care practices to reduce neonatal deaths from sepsis and tetanus: A systematic review and Delphi estimation of mortality effect

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Blencowe, Hannah ^a,c   Cousens, Simon ^a   Mullany, Luke C ^b   Lee, Anne Cc ^b   Kerber, Kate ^c   Wall, Steve ^c   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b,d   Lawn, Joy E ^c,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TETANUS;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; TETANUS;

EID: 79954469775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S11     Document Type: Review

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