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Review
. 2019 Jun;9(1):010320.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010320.

An intersectional analysis of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a human rights issue

Judah Batist  1
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Review

An intersectional analysis of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a human rights issue

Judah Batist. J Glob Health. 2019 Jun.
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Competing interests: The author has completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declares no conflict of interest.

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