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Impact of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Approach on Decreasing Maternal and Perinatal Deaths in Uganda and Zambia

Florina Serbanescu, Thomas A. Clark, Mary M. Goodwin, Lisa J. Nelson, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Frank Kaharuza, Brenda Picho, Diane Morof, Curtis Blanton, Maybin Mumba, Patrick Komakech, Fernando Carlosama, Michelle M. Schmitz and Claudia Morrissey Conlon on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(Supplement 1):S27-S47; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00428
Florina Serbanescu
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Thomas A. Clark
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Mary M. Goodwin
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Lisa J. Nelson
bDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
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Mary Adetinuke Boyd
cDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa
dBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Frank Kaharuza
eHIV Health Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda.
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Brenda Picho
fInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Diane Morof
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
gU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Curtis Blanton
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Maybin Mumba
cDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Patrick Komakech
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Fernando Carlosama
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Michelle M. Schmitz
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Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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Impact of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Approach on Decreasing Maternal and Perinatal Deaths in Uganda and Zambia
Florina Serbanescu, Thomas A. Clark, Mary M. Goodwin, Lisa J. Nelson, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Frank Kaharuza, Brenda Picho, Diane Morof, Curtis Blanton, Maybin Mumba, Patrick Komakech, Fernando Carlosama, Michelle M. Schmitz, Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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Florina Serbanescu, Thomas A. Clark, Mary M. Goodwin, Lisa J. Nelson, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Frank Kaharuza, Brenda Picho, Diane Morof, Curtis Blanton, Maybin Mumba, Patrick Komakech, Fernando Carlosama, Michelle M. Schmitz, Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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