Healthcare-associated infection is a common problem of newborn in neonatal intensive care units. It results in high mortality rate and serious complications. The Aim: to assess the incidence, etiology and the mortality of healthcareassociated infections of patients in neonatal intensive care unit at King Abdl Aziz Specialist Hospital (KAASH), Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Material and Methods:...

OBJECTIVE We adapted kangaroo mother care for immediate postnatal community-based application in rural Bangladesh, where the incidence of home delivery, low birth weight, and neonatal and infant mortality is high and neonatal intensive care is unavailable. This trial tested whether community-based kangaroo mother care reduces the overall neonatal mortality rate by 27.5%, infant mortality rate b...

OBJECTIVE Between 1990 and 2010, the U.S ranking in neonatal mortality slipped from 29(th) to 45(th) among countries globally. Substantial subnational variation in newborn mortality also exists. Our objective is to measure the extent to which trends and subnational variation in early neonatal mortality reflect differences in the prevalence of risk factors (gestational age and birth weight) comp...

BACKGROUND The concept of neonatal near miss has been proposed as a tool for assessment of quality of care in neonates who suffered any life-threatening condition. However, there are no internationally agreed concepts or criteria for defining or identifying neonatal near miss. The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review of studies and markers that are able to identify neonatal ...

a secular milestone is approached by the world in line of reaching millennium development goals (mdgs). after december 2015, a new of flexible and global sustainable development goals (sdgs) were set, replace mdgs by sdgs. infant mortality rate (imr) is a pivotal indicator of development in a given country that embedded in millennium development goal (mdg).  after that in manner of strong clini...

In the neonatal period, babies’ health is vulnerable. that baby may have possibility to experience pain. For this reason, a visit needed monitor baby’s health. Neonatal visits are one of prevention methods reduce IMR (Infant Mortality) by making direct contact with workers at least three times. This study aims describe mortality rate based on coverage visits, both 1 and 3. survey research utili...

Aim of Study : To identify rate, time and causes of neonatal deaths in two selected rural areas in Bangladesh. Material and methods: This was a cross sectional community based study, conducted in two sub-districts of rural Bangladesh. A total of 54 mothers who experienced neonatal death between March 2007 and February 2008 were interviewed using the WHO validated standard verbal autopsy questio...

BACKGROUND Neonatal morbidity and mortality rates reflect a nation's socio-economic status, the efficiency and effectiveness of health care services. This important indicator is useful in planning for improved healthcare delivery. A four year review of neonatal outcome was therefore conducted in the special care baby Unit (SCBU) of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). METHODS AND SUB...

background: preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of prophylactic vaginal progesterone on decreasing preterm birth rate and neonatal complications in a high-risk population. materials and methods: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed on 100 high-risk singleton pregnancies. v...

hepatitis b is the most common cause of acute and chronic viral hepatitis in iran. it is the etiology of 70% of end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in the country. before the universal neonatal vaccination in iran (1992), the contact rate with hbv was about 30% and the hbs ag+ rate was about 3%. in 2009 the contact rate has declined to 18% and hbsag+ rate decreased to 2%. the e...