TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Newborn mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: why is perinatal asphyxia still a major cause?
JO  - Annals of global health
A1  - Usman, Fatima
A1  - Imam, Abdulazeez
A1  - Farouk, Zubaida L.
A1  - Dayyabu, Aliyu L.
SP  - e2541
EP  - e2541
VL  - 85
IS  - 1
N2  - Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major cause of new-born deaths in this region and as such SSA now contributes a disproportionate large percentage of global asphyxia-related deaths. In this paper, we examine regional challenges affecting primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of PA and proffers locally adaptable solutions to these identified challenges.    <br><br>© 2019 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2214-9996
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2541
ID  - ref1
ER  -