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Special Issue: INDEPTH Network Cause-Specific Mortality

Pregnancy-related 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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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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Yacouba CompaoréINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso;Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Clementine RossierINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso;Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;Institut d’Études Démographique et du parcours de vie, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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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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Pierre GomezINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Farafenni HDSSThe Gambia;Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
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Momodou JassehINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Farafenni HDSSThe Gambia;Medical Research Council The Gambia Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
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Akosua AnsahINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Cornelius DebpuurINDEPTH 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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John WilliamsINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Navrongo HDSS, Ghana;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Sheila AddeiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
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Margaret GyapongINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
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Vida A. KukulaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Dodowa HDSS, Ghana;Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana;School of Public HealthUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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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, United Kingdom
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Meghna DesaiINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Kisumu HDSS, Kenya;KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health ResearchKisumu, Kenya
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Hellen MoigeINDEPTH 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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Sheila OgwangINDEPTH 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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Menard ChihanaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Karonga HDSS, Malawi;Karonga Prevention StudyChilumba, Malawi
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Amelia CrampinINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Karonga HDSS, Malawi;Karonga Prevention StudyChilumba, Malawi;London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLondonb, United Kingdom
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Alison PriceINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Karonga HDSS, Malawi;Karonga Prevention StudyChilumba, Malawi;London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLondonb, United Kingdom
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Valérie DelaunayINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;Niakhar HDSS, Senegal;Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal
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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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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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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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Stephen M. TollmanINDEPTH 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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Jacques B.O. EminaINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana
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Osman A. SankohINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;School of Public HealthFaculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Hanoi Medical UniversityHanoi, VietnamCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter ByassINDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana;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;WHO Collaborating Centre for Verbal Autopsy, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Article: 25368 | Received 03 Jul 2014, Accepted 05 Sep 2014, Published online: 29 Oct 2014

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