在冈比亚农村地区对儿童死亡的口头尸检分析

Baleng Mahama Wutor1, Isaac Osei1,2, Lobga Babila Galega1

  • 1Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.

PloS one
|July 6, 2023
PubMed
概括

冈比亚农村地区一半的儿童死亡发生在家中. 急性呼吸道感染,腹性疾病和严重营养不良是导致5岁以下儿童死亡的主要原因,这凸显了改善医疗保健的必要性.

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