"Real-Time" Monitoring of Under-Five Mortality: A Vision Tempered by Reality
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- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001912
"Real-Time" Monitoring of Under-Five Mortality: A Vision Tempered by Reality
Abstract
Jennifer Bryce and the RMM Working Group describe the origin and rationale of the Real-Time Monitoring of Under-Five Mortality Collection.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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