Early neonatal deathsPublicEnvironmental and Occupational HealthbObjective:/b To investigate the causes and contributory factors of perinatal mortality by verbal autopsy in Maharashtra. bMaterials and Methods:/b Rural and urban areas in six districts in Maharashtra were selected by Probability proportional...
Nearly a quarter (20-40%) of preterm neonates less than 33 weeks’ gestation admitted to Indian NICUs died of sepsis. The study results have implications for health policies targeted to reduce the neonatal mortality rate in India. Similar content being viewed by others Introduction Globally, 2.5 ...
The WHO verbal autopsy tools can provide reasonably good estimates of predominant causes of neonatal deaths in countries where neonatal mortality is high. Caution is required to interpret cause specific mortality fraction (CSMF) for birth asphyxia by VA because it is likely to be an underestimate. ...
Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey More than 2·3 million children died in India in 2005; however, the major causes of death have not been measured in the country. We investigated the causes... None - 《Lancet》 被引量: 1051发表: ...
Physician review of verbal autopsy questionnaires is less accurate than automated methods in determining both individual and population causes of death. Overall, Tariff performs as well or better than other methods and should be widely applied in routine mortality surveillance systems with poor cause of...
Ethiopia has made large-scale healthcare investments to improve child health and survival. However, there is insufficient population level data on the current estimates of infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. The aim of this study was to
Ethiopia has made large-scale healthcare investments to improve child health and survival. However, there is insufficient population level data on the current estimates of infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. The aim of this study was to
More than half of the estimated five million children under the age of 5 (under-5) who died worldwide in 2017 were from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Fig. 1) with substantial between- and within-country variation in these mortality rates across the region1. The three most dominant causes of...
Indicated preterm deliveriesNeonatal morbidityNeonatal mortalityPreterm birthBackground: Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of preterm birth in India is 7-9%, and the rates are constantly rising. The main cited reasons for this trend are increasing ...
This study aimed to present a comprehensive analysis of under-5, infant, and neonatal mortality rates and its trend in Xicheng district of Beijing, China. We used the surveillance data of under-5 children reported by Preventive Health Department of Xicheng District Community Health Service Center ...