Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by cross-sectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes

• Aschenaki Zerihun Kea ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aschenakizer@yahoo.com

  Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0806-3503

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• Bernt Lindtjorn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Achamyelesh Gebretsadik Tekle,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

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• Sven Gudmund Hinderaker

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-0248

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