Child deaths in South Africa: Lessons from the child death review pilot

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 851-852

  Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Martin, Lorna J ^a   Coetzee, David ^a,b   Scott, Chris ^a   Brijmohun, Yasheen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^c KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child death review pilot; Child deaths; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; CHILD ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984918820     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i9.11382     Document Type: Editorial

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