Electronic application to improve management of infections in low-income neonatal units: pilot implementation of the NeoTree beta app in a public sector hospital in …

H Gannon, S Chimhuya, G Chimhini… - BMJ open …, 2021 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
There are 2. 4 million annual neonatal deaths worldwide. Simple, evidence-based
interventions such as temperature control could prevent approximately two-thirds of these …

Using a common data platform to facilitate audit and feedback on the quality of hospital care provided to sick newborns in Kenya

M Maina, J Aluvaala, P Mwaniki, O Tosas-Auguet… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Essential interventions to reduce neonatal deaths that can be effectively delivered in
hospitals have been identified. Improving information systems may support routine …

An innovative multipartner research program to address detection, assessment and treatment of neonatal infections in low-resource settings

SA Qazi, S Wall, N Brandes, C Engmann… - The Pediatric …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: In pursuit of innovative approaches for the management of severe infections in
young infants, which is a major cause of mortality, a multipartner research program was …

Development and implementation experience of a learning healthcare system for facility based newborn care in low resource settings: The Neotree

M Heys, E Kesler, Y Sassoon, E Wilson… - Learning Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Improving peri‐and postnatal facility‐based care in low‐resource settings (LRS)
could save over 6000 babies' lives per day. Most of the annual 2.4 million neonatal deaths …

Infection prevention and care bundles addressing health care-associated infections in neonatal care in low-middle income countries: a scoping review

AM García, JH Cross, EJA Fitchett, K Kawaza… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Health care-associated infections (HCAI) in neonatal units in low-and middle-
income countries (LMIC) are a major cause of mortality. This scoping review aimed to …

Exploration of facilitators of and barriers to the community-based service utilization for newborn possible serious bacterial infection management in Debre Libanos …

KG Tareke, YK Lemu, GT Feyissa - BMC pediatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background Globally, possible serious bacterial infection [PSBI] is a cause for about
600,000 newborn deaths per year. To decrease the burden of this infection, a community …

The NeoTree application: developing an integrated mHealth solution to improve quality of newborn care and survival in a district hospital in Malawi

C Crehan, E Kesler, B Nambiar, Q Dube, N Lufesi… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
More than two-thirds of newborn lives could be saved worldwide if evidence-based
interventions were successfully implemented. We developed the NeoTree application to …

Decreasing infection in neonatal intensive care units through quality improvement

JR Bowen, I Callander, R Richards… - Archives of Disease in …, 2017 - fn.bmj.com
Objective To decrease the incidence of bloodstream infection (BSI) for neonates< 29 weeks
gestation through quality improvement. Design Commencing in September 2011, eight …

Effect on neonatal mortality of newborn infection management at health posts when referral is not possible: a cluster-randomized trial in rural Ethiopia

TD Hailegebriel, B Mulligan, S Cousens… - … Health: Science and …, 2017 - ghspjournal.org
Background: The World Health Organization recently provided guidelines for outpatient
treatment of possible severe bacterial infections (PSBI) in young infants, when referral to …

Treatment of neonatal infections: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions

A Simen-Kapeu, AC Seale, S Wall, C Nyange… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Around one-third of the world's 2.8 million neonatal deaths are caused by
infections. Most of these deaths are preventable, but occur due to delays in care-seeking …