Background Although gains in newborn survival have been achieved in many low-income
and middle-income countries, reductions in stillbirth and neonatal mortality have been slow …

Objective To present information on the quality of newborn care services and health facility
readiness to provide newborn care in 6 African countries, and to advocate for the …

Background Lack of detailed information about hospital activities, processes and outcomes
hampers planning, performance monitoring and improvement in low-income countries (LIC) …

Objective To assess the availability of resources that support the provision of basic neonatal
care in eight first‐referral level (district) hospitals in Kenya. Methods We selected two …

Universal access to quality newborn health services will be essential to meeting specific
Sustainable Development Goals to reduce neonatal and overall child mortality. Data for …

Neonatal mortality currently accounts for 45% of all child mortality in Kenya, standing at 22
per 1000 live births. Access to basic but high quality inpatient neonatal services for small …

Background Target 3.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to
reduce neonatal mortality. In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the District …

Background Effective coverage requires that those in need can access skilled care
supported by adequate resources. There are, however, few studies of effective coverage of …

Background In assessing quality of care in developing countries, retrospectively collected
data are usually used given their availability. Retrospective data however suffer from such …

More than two-thirds of newborn lives could be saved worldwide if evidence-based
interventions were successfully implemented. We developed the NeoTree application to …