Ethiopia has one of the world's poorest neonatal mortality rates (1). As a British paediatrician
working for one year, the main aim was to improve neonatal care in a referral hospital's …

Background Clinical data offer the potential to advance patient care. Neonatal specialised
care is a high-cost NHS service received by approximately 80,000 newborn infants each …

Background The measurement of progress in maternal and newborn health often relies on
data provided by women in surveys on the quality of care they received. The majority of …

Introduction In many African countries, including Kenya, a major barrier to achieving child
survival goals is the slow decline in neonatal mortality that now represents 45% of the under …

Background It is imperative to maintain accurate documentation of clinical interventions
aimed at enhancing the quality of care for newborns and sick children. The National …

Background Medication errors are likely common in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs). In neonatal hospital care where the population with severe illness has a high …

Introduction Job aids such as observation charts are commonly used to record inpatient
nursing observations. For sick newborns, it is important to provide critical information …

Purpose To identify approaches, enablers, barriers and outcomes of facility stillbirth and
neonatal death audit in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Data sources We …

Background Despite increasing rates of facility-based deliveries, neonatal mortality rates
remain persistently high in low-resource settings (LRS). This has catalysed international …