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Mortality beyond emergency threshold in a silent crisis- results from a population-based mortality survey in Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic, 2020.

Eve RobinsonLawrence LeeLeslie F RobertsAurelie PoelhekkeXavier CharlesAdelaide OuaboJorieke VynckeCono AritiMariette Claudia Adame GbanziMartial Tanguy OuakoumaNell GrayMaura DalyKate WhiteSam TemplemanMia HejdenbergMaaike HersevoortSibyl Jade PenaAnna Kuehne
Published in: Conflict and health (2021)
The CMR, U5MR and MMR exceed previous estimates, and the CMR exceeds the humanitarian emergency threshold. Violence is a major threat to life, and to physical and mental wellbeing. Other causes of death speak to poor living conditions and poor access to healthcare and preventive measures, corroborated by the challenges reported by households. Many areas of CAR face similar challenges to Ouaka. If these results were generalisable across CAR, the country would suffer one of the highest mortality rates in the world, a reminder that the longstanding "silent crisis" continues.
Keyphrases
  • public health
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  • social media
  • affordable care act