Timing and causes of neonatal mortality in Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana: A retrospective study.

Neonatal deaths now account for more than two-thirds of all deaths in the first year of life and for about half of all deaths in children under-five years. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts up to 41% of the total burden of neonatal deaths worldwide. Our study aims to describe causes of neonatal mortality...

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Main Authors: Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Cesia Cotache-Condor, Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Haruna Mahama, Emily R Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245065