Neonatal sepsis in low-income countries: epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention

CR Popescu, MMM Cavanagh, B Tembo… - Expert review of anti …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Sepsis accounts for up to one-third of neonatal deaths in the world each year.
The World Health Organization acknowledges neonatal sepsis as a major global health …

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination: from protecting women and newborns to protecting all

R Khan, J Vandelaer, A Yakubu… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A total of 35 of the 59 countries that had not eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT)
as a public health problem in 1999 have since achieved the MNT-elimination goal. Neonatal …

Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

HH Kyu, JE Mumford, JD Stanaway, RM Barber… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Although preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each
year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well …

Bacterial sepsis and meningitis

V Nizet, J Klein - Infectious diseases of the fetus and newborn …, 2014 - books.google.com
Bacterial sepsis in the neonate is a clinical syndrome characterized by systemic signs of
infection and accompanied by bacteremia in the first month of life. Meningitis in the neonate …

A randomized, blinded, controlled, dose-ranging study of a respiratory syncytial virus recombinant fusion (F) nanoparticle vaccine in healthy women of childbearing …

GM Glenn, LF Fries, DN Thomas… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of infant morbidity and
mortality. A recombinant RSV fusion protein nanoparticle vaccine (RSV F vaccine) candidate …

Getting the basic rights–the role of water, sanitation and hygiene in maternal and reproductive health: a conceptual framework

OMR Campbell, L Benova, G Gon… - Tropical medicine & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore linkages between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and maternal
and perinatal health via a conceptual approach and a scoping review. Methods We …

Safety and immunogenicity of a respiratory syncytial virus fusion (F) protein nanoparticle vaccine in healthy third-trimester pregnant women and their infants

FM Muňoz, GK Swamy, SP Hickman… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of infant lower respiratory
tract disease and hospitalization worldwide. Methods Safety and immunogenicity of RSV …

Determinants of neonatal mortality in north Shoa zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

T Kolola, M Ekubay, E Tesfa, W Morka - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
In Ethiopia, neonatal mortality has been declined since the declaration of Millennium
Developmental Goals, but the rate was slower since 2006. Thus, this study was designed to …

[HTML][HTML] Eradication of tetanus

CL Thwaites, HT Loan - British medical bulletin, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: The causative agent of tetanus, Clostridium tetani is widespread in the
environment throughout the world and cannot be eradicated. To reduce the number of cases …

Determinants and perceptions of the utilization of tetanus toxoid immunization among reproductive-age women in Dukem Town, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based …

MD Anatea, TH Mekonnen, BA Dachew - BMC international health and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is still the major public health problem in
about 25 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. However, the utilization of intervention …