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Special Issue: INDEPTH Network Cause-Specific Mortality

Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

P. Kim StreatfieldMatlab HDSS, Bangladesh;International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh;INDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana
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Wasif A. KhanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh;INDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Bandarban HDSS, Bangladesh
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Abbas BhuiyaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Chakaria HDSS, Bangladesh;Centre for Equity and Health Systems, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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Syed M.A. HanifiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Chakaria HDSS, Bangladesh;Centre for Equity and Health Systems, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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Nurul AlamINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;AMK HDSS, Bangladesh;Centre for Population, Urbanisation and Climate Change, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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Mamadou OuattaraINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso;Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso
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Aboubakary SanouINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso;Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso
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Ali SiéINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso;Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso
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Bruno LankoandéINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso;Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Abdramane B. SouraINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso;Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Bassirou BonfohINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire;Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Fabienne JaegerINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire;Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteBasel, Switzerland
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Eliezer K. NgoranINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire;Université Félix Houphoët-BoignyAbidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Juerg UtzingerINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire;Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteBasel, Switzerland
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Loko AbrehaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia;Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthCollege of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Yohannes A. MelakuINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia;Department of Public HealthCollege of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Berhe WeldearegawiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia;Department of Public HealthCollege of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Akosua AnsahINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Abraham HodgsonINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Abraham OduroINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Paul WelagaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Margaret GyapongINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
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Clement T. NarhINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
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Solomon A. Narh-BanaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
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Shashi KantINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ballabgarh HDSS, India;All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Puneet MisraINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ballabgarh HDSS, India;All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Sanjay K. RaiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ballabgarh HDSS, India;All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Evasius BauniINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilifi HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeKilifi, Kenya
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George MochamahINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilifi HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeKilifi, Kenya
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Carolyne NdilaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilifi HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeKilifi, Kenya
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Thomas N. WilliamsINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kilifi HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeKilifi, Kenya;Department of MedicineImperial College, St. Mary's Hospital, London
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Mary J. HamelINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kisumu HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health ResearchKisumu, Kenya
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Emmanuel NgulukyoINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kisumu HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health ResearchKisumu, Kenya
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Frank O. OdhiamboINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kisumu HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health ResearchKisumu, Kenya
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Maquins SeweINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kisumu HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health ResearchKisumu, Kenya
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Donatien BeguyINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nairobi HDSS, Kenya;African Population and Health Research CenterNairobi, Kenya
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Alex EzehINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nairobi HDSS, Kenya;African Population and Health Research CenterNairobi, Kenya
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Samuel OtiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Nairobi HDSS, Kenya;African Population and Health Research CenterNairobi, Kenya
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Aldiouma DialloINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Niakhar HDSS, Senegal;Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal
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Laetitia DouillotINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Niakhar HDSS, Senegal;Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal
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Cheikh SokhnaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Niakhar HDSS, Senegal;Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal
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Valérie DelaunayINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Niakhar HDSS, Senegal;Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal
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Mark A. CollinsonINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Agincourt HDSS, South Africa;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Chodziwadziwa W. KabudulaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Agincourt HDSS, South Africa;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Kathleen KahnINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Agincourt HDSS, South Africa;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Kobus HerbstINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Africa Centre HDSS, South Africa;Africa Centre for Health and Population StudiesUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Joël MossongINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Africa Centre HDSS, South Africa;Africa Centre for Health and Population StudiesUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;National Health LaboratorySurveillance & Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Dudelange, Luxembourg
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Nguyen T.K. ChucINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;FilaBavi HDSS, Vietnam;Health System ResearchHanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Martin BanghaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana
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Osman A. SankohINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Public HealthFaculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Hanoi Medical UniversityHanoi, VietnamCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter ByassMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;WHO Collaborating Centre for Verbal Autopsy, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Article: 25363 | Received 03 Jul 2014, Accepted 02 Oct 2014, Published online: 29 Oct 2014

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