NEC is a multifactorial disease that occurs when multiple risk factors and/or stressors
overlap, leading to profound inflammation and intestinal injury. Human milk feedings, both …

Background An estimated 2.6 million newborns died in 2016; over 98.5% of deaths occurred
in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Neonates born preterm and small for …

Background: Gastroschisis is associated with less than 4% mortality in high-income
countries and over 90% mortality in many tertiary paediatric surgery centres across sub …

Objectives: To identify and map existing postnatal educational interventions targeting
parents in low and middle-income countries. A secondary objective is to conduct a critical …

Quality improvement (QI) in healthcare involves implementing small iterative changes by a
team of people using a simple structured framework to resolve problems, improve systems …

Abstract Background and Objective Preterm babies thrive well on exclusive breastfeeding
with fewer complications. In a retrospective analysis, challenges were noticed in the form of …

Objective To demonstrate the applications of the principles of Quality Improvement (QI) in a
tertiary-care centre with the aim to improve the breastfeeding practices during hospital stay …

Background: The rates of “any” human milk use in neonatal intensive care units have
improved during the last decade. However, efforts to help mothers in expressing and …

This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting
community‐initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on …

Objectives To compare breast milk volume between manual method and breast pump
expression in mothers of preterm infants at different time point of first week. Design …