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Download fileProportion of total admissions resulting in caesarean sections, premature births, stillbirths, and maternal deaths comparing pre-pandemic (January 2019 –February 2020) to pandemic (March 2020 –March 2021) periods.
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posted on 2023-04-19, 17:23 authored by Jessica E. Long, George Wanje, Nawal Aliyan, Dickson Okello, Barbra A. Richardson, Nyambura Wanjiru-Korir, Khadija Shikely, Aisha Abubakar, Pauline Oginga, R. Scott McClellandProportion of total admissions resulting in caesarean sections, premature births, stillbirths, and maternal deaths comparing pre-pandemic (January 2019 –February 2020) to pandemic (March 2020 –March 2021) periods.
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