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A scandal of invisibility: making everyone count by counting everyone
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Child, maternal, and adult mortality in Sierra Leone: nationally representative mortality survey 2018–20
2022, The Lancet Global HealthCitation Excerpt :In 2019, the UN estimated life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone to be 54 years,1 which ranked close to the lowest of any country. Progress in reducing premature mortality in Sierra Leone and other low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) depends on continuous and reliable measurement of the major causes of death.2,3 However, since many deaths in such countries continue to occur not in facilities but at home and without medical attention at the time of death, information on the major causes of death is lacking.
Why do maternal and newborn deaths continue to occur?
2016, Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and GynaecologyCitation Excerpt :Unfortunately, reducing the burden of stillbirths was not included in the MDGs or in the SDGs although it is not only important to estimating the numbers of these deaths as they are estimated to be a substantial burden but also a tragedy for expecting mothers and their families and, from a human rights perspective, making these ‘invisible’ children count. Stillbirth prevention is strongly related to maternal mortality and care during pregnancy and childbirth, where interventions will benefit a broader purpose [43]. Improved reporting of stillbirths and neonatal and maternal deaths, understanding the preventable causes of death and doing something about them are part of a core strategy in ending preventable mortality.
Stillbirths: Why they matter
2011, The LancetCitation Excerpt :In high-income countries, stillbirths after 22 and before 28 completed weeks of gestation might represent more than a third of these losses,13 but are hardly ever counted in low-income countries.7,14 The Lancet's Series entitled Who counts?15 made a strong case for vital registries and their importance for the human rights of every child.
Counting and accountability
2008, The LancetCounting and accountability
2008, The LancetHyak mortality monitoring system: Innovative sampling and estimation methods - Proof of concept by simulation
2018, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics