Background Neonatal interventions are largely focused on reduction of mortality and
progression towards Millennium Development Goal 4 (child survival). However, little is …

Background: Hypothermia is a major factor in neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing
countries. High prevalence of hypothermia has been reported widely even from warmer …

Background Despite the significant reduction in childhood mortality, neonatal mortality has
shown little or no concomitant decline worldwide. The dilemma arises in that the lack of …

Abstract Background Despite Malawi government's policy to support women to deliver in
health facilities with the assistance of skilled attendants, some women do not access this …

Background Policy makers and programme managers require more detailed information on
the cost and impact of packages of evidenced-based interventions to save newborn lives …

Background The current decline in under-five mortality shows an increase in share of
neonatal deaths. In order to address neonatal mortality and possibly identify areas of …

Although cooling therapy has been the standard of care for neonatal encephalopathy (NE)
in high-income countries for more than half a decade, it is still not widely used in low-and …

Objective To determine risk factors for perinatal mortality among hospital-based deliveries in
Nigeria. Methods The WHO Global Maternal and Perinatal Health Survey was implemented …

BACKGROUND: Every year, millions of babies are born and a large proportion of them are
being admitted to hospital for various indications. This study was conducted to identify the …

This study examined the pattern of colonization of the neonatal gut by aerobic Gram-
negative bacilli (GNB) and evaluated the association between gut colonization and sepsis in …