About the Authors
- Mary V. Kinney
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Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa
- Kate J. Kerber
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Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa
- Robert E. Black
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Affiliation John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Barney Cohen
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Affiliation United States National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Francis Nkrumah
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Affiliation Ghana Academy of Arts and Science, Accra, Ghana
- Hoosen Coovadia
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Affiliation The Universities of Kwazulu-Natal and the Witwatersrand, Durban, South Africa
- Paul Michael Nampala
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Affiliation Uganda National Academy of Sciences, Uganda
- Joy E. Lawn
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* E-mail: joylawn@yahoo.co.uk
Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa
- on behalf of the Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's mothers, newborns, and children working group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MVK KJK REB BC FN HC PMN JEL. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MVK KJK REB BC FN HC PMN JEL. Analyzed the data: MVK REB PMN JEL. Wrote the first draft of the paper: MVK JEL. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MVK KJK REB BC FN HC PMN. Responsible for data integrity: MVK.