The burden of iatrogenic obstetric fistulas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

• Mercy M. Imakando,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women and Newborn Hospital, University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Ernest Maya,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• David Owiredu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Evidence Synthesis and Policy, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4503-1850

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• Mercy W. Monde,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Library, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0433-8386

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• Choolwe Jacobs,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Isaac Fwemba,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Optometry and Visual Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-249X

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• Anthony Danso-Appiah

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adanso-appiah@ug.edu.gh, tdappiah@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Centre for Evidence Synthesis and Policy, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1747-0060

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