Incidence and predictors of preterm neonatal mortality at public hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia: A prospective follow-up study

• Teshale Mengesha ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mengeteshu12@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-1511

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• Tsegasew Embiale,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Dawit Melese,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dire Dawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Natnael Dechasa Gemeda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dire Dawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Mickiale Hailu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Dire Dawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Aminu Mohamed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dire Dawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Alemu Guta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dire Dawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Yomilan Geneti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Muluken Yigezu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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• Tewodros Getnet Amera

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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