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Pakistan is failing in maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination

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  1. Medical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

    Suliman Khan & Usman Ayub Awan

  2. Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Suliman Khan & Usman Ayub Awan

  3. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Xingyi Guo

  4. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Xingyi Guo

  5. Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Usman Ayub Awan

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Khan, S., Guo, X. & Awan, U.A. Pakistan is failing in maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination. Nat Med 30, 615 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02762-1

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