background: due to complex causal framework of neonatal mortality, improvement of this health indicator is quite gradual and it's decreasing trend is not as great as other health indicators such as infant and under 5 mortality rates.this study was conducted to evaluate neonatal mortality risk factors based on nested case-control design. methods:  the study population was 6900 neonates who were ...

background exploring changes in health inequality and its determinants over time is of policy interest. accordingly, this study aimed to decompose inequality in neonatal mortality into its contributing factors and then explore changes from 1995-2000 to 2005-2010 in iran.   methods required data were drawn from two iran’s demographic and health survey (dhs) conducted in 2000 and 2010. normalized...

the government of the united republic of tanzania has initiated the integrated management of childhood illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its millennium development goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. the main aim of the study is t...

BACKGROUND Describe the 1-year hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates, in infants born after 31 weeks of gestational age (GA). METHODS This nation-wide population-based study used the French medico-administrative database to assess the following outcomes in singleton live-born infants (32-43 weeks) without congenital anomalies (year 2011): neonatal hospitalization (day of life 1 - 28...

introduction: trauma is the most common cause of mortality in the 1 to 44 years age group and third leading cause of mortality in the world. in general, determination of defects caused by trauma has an essential role in management of traumatic patients. use of scoring systems for evaluation of static and dynamic states of traumatic events can decrease the mortality and morbidity rates. differen...

 Background & Objective:  Low birth weight is considered as one the causes of infant mortality across the world. Accordingly, paying attention to neonatal growth leads to mortality rate decrement and consequently prevents future physical and mental disabilities in this age group.  Materials & Methods:  This historic (retrospective) cohort study was conducted on 280 one-year-old male and female...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to test the hypothesis that 2 training programs would reduce incrementally 7-day neonatal mortality rates for low-risk institutional deliveries. METHODS Using a train-the-trainer model, certified research midwives sequentially trained the midwives who performed deliveries in low-risk, first-level, urban, community health clinics in 2 cities in Zambia in the p...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the infant mortality trend in a metropolitan area, from 1984 to 1998. The main focus was on avoidable causes of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality. METHODS Sources of data were the Sistema de Informacoes em Mortalidade do Ministerio da Saude (SIM-MS) [Mortality Information System of the Ministry of Health] and Fundacao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IB...

Background: Neonatal deaths mostly occur within the first one week and first 24 hours of life from a variety of conditions. Objective: To examine the role of significant hypothermia and hypoglycaemia, in addition to some other factors, in neonatal mortality occurring within the first 24 hours of admission.Methods: A prospective study of newborn infants hospitalized within the first 24 hours of ...