Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2020, Pages e901-e908

  Roberton, Timothy ^a   Carter, Emily D ^a   Chou, Victoria B ^a   Stegmuller, Angela R ^a   Jackson, Bianca D ^a   Tam, Yvonne ^a   Sawadogo Lewis, Talata ^a   Walker, Neff ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTING SYNDROME; CATERING SERVICE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85085347607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30229-1     Document Type: Article

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