Development, coinfection, and the syndemics of pregnancy in sub-saharan africa

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Singer, Merrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Maternal health; Millennium development goals; Sub Saharan Africa; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATITIS C; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84930190654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-26     Document Type: Review

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