Journal article
Mortality among twins in Sub-Saharan Africa remains high: One-in-five dies before age five
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Background
Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest under-5 and neonatal mortality rates as well as the highest naturally occurring twin rates. Twin pregnancies carry high risk for children and mothers. Under-5 mortality has declined in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decades. It is unknown whether twins have shared in this reduction.
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We pooled 90 Demographic and Health Surveys for 30 Sub-Saharan Africa countries held since 1995. We used information on ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30197-3
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Global Health Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-05-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-04-26
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2214-109X
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pubs:692168
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uuid:66d69355-dfe1-454b-90e2-70c55ad4ce0f
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- pubs:692168
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692168
- Deposit date:
- 2017-05-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Monden et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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