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. 2010 Jun 21;7(6):e1000295.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000295.

Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions?

Ingrid K Friberg  1 , Mary V Kinney, Joy E Lawn, Kate J Kerber, M Oladoyin Odubanjo, Anne-Marie Bergh, Neff Walker, Eva Weissman, Mickey Chopra, Robert E Black; Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children working group; Henrik Axelson, Barney Cohen, Hoosen Coovadia, Roseanne Diab, Francis Nkrumah
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Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions?

Ingrid K Friberg et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

As part of the series on maternal, neonatal, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Robert Black and colleagues estimated mortality reduction for 42 countries and conclude that the use of local data is needed to prioritize the most effective mix of interventions.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Achievable coverage increases of 20% for outreach/community interventions in Uganda.
The figure shows current coverage for some key outreach packages in Uganda with arrows indicating the modeled increase of 20% points within two years. Data from Uganda Demographic Heath Survey, 2006. Some coverages estimated using standard LiST formulas .
Figure 2
Figure 2. Achievable coverage increases by addressing the quality gap for facility births in Uganda.
The figure shows current coverage for some key facility-based MNCH interventions in Uganda with arrows indicating the modeled increase to the current coverage of institutional births within two years. Data from Uganda Demographic Heath Survey, 2006. Some coverages estimated using standard LiST formulas .
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