How to close the maternal and neonatal sepsis gap in sub-Saharan Africa

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infection and Travel Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Sheikh Shakbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
³ Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
⁴ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Akaninyene Otu et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 21;5(4):e002348.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002348. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Infection and Travel Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Sheikh Shakbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
³ Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
⁴ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: child health; epidemiology; maternal health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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