Community surveillance and response to maternal and child deaths in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

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Background: Despite substantial progress over the last two decades, under-five mortality remains high in many African settings. Current estimates suggest that Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 of reducing under-5 mortality (U5MR) to levels below 25 deaths per 1000 live births by 2030 will not be achieved in sub-Saharan Africa. In countries with high under-five mortality, further improvements in child mortality will only be possible if essential health services become available and accessible f...

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Authors: Basera, TJ; Schmitz, K; Price, J; Willcox, M; Bosire, EN

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Journal: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: e0248143-e0248143
• Publication date: 2021-03-16
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248143
• EISSN: 1932-6203
• ISSN: 1932-6203
• Language: English
• Keywords: PsycINFO; Medicine; Cause of death; Population; Systematic review; Pathology; Disease; Maternal death; MEDLINE; Family medicine; Child mortality; Environmental health; Verbal autopsy; Political science