This article analyses the long-term development of social class differences in infant and child mortality an area southern Sweden, spanning from early stages transition at beginning nineteenth century, to late 1960s when both had reached very low levels. Our findings show that was fairly equal study period. We find no clear pattern differentials childhood first half century declined. Later star...

OBJECTIVE "Helping Babies Breathe" (HBB) is a simulation-based one-day course developed to help reduce neonatal mortality globally. The study objectives were to (1) determine the effect on practical skills and management strategies among providers using simulations seven months after HBB training, and (2) describe neonatal management in the delivery room during the corresponding time period bef...

background: the predisposing and prognostic factors for neonatal tetanus (nnt) have not been adequately studied in southerniran.   objective: the present study was undertaken in fars province to further clarify the status of neonatal tetanus in this region.   methods : the mortality rate was correlated with demographic and clinical findings in 112 cases of neonatal tetanus.  in addition, the he...

conclusions despite the progress made in medicine, meconium aspiration syndrome is still one of the causes of newborn infants’ mortality. the mortality and morbidity rates can be reduced by improvement in perinatal care, prevention of post term delivery, timely caesarean and effective neonatal resuscitation at birth. results sixty-three newborn infants, diagnosed with meconium aspiration syndro...

CONTEXT Facility based newborn care is gaining importance as an intervention aiming at reduction of neonatal mortality. OBJECTIVE To assess different factors that affect effectiveness of facility based newborn care on neonatal outcomes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Electronic search using key search engines along with search of grey literature manually. Observational and interventional studies publ...

investigating the effects of the neonatal factors and therapeutic modalities on neonatal mortality in neonatal intensive care unit of shahid motahhari haspital, urmia: case-control group study     mohadesi h [1] , khalkhali hr [2] *, fakor z [3] , azadi j [4]     received: 29 nov, 2012 accepted: 13 feb, 2013       abstract   background & aims : neonate is a vulnerable being and its death depend...

This study was designed to observe the overall neonatal mortality and pattern of neonatal death in a developing country. The factors related to neonatal mortality are also analyzed. This retrospective study was carried out in all pediatric patients in a tertiary level hospital of a developing country in the year 2008. Total neonatal (0-28 days) and non-neonatal (after 28 days-12 years) admissio...

Background & Aims: Detection of maternal risk factors associated with neonatal mortality helps to identify high-risk infants and prevent neonatal death. It can also contribute to the design more effective prenatal care. This study was performed aiming to evaluate the maternal risk factors associated with mortality in preterm infants in Mashhad Ghaem Hospital, Iran, during 2009-2014. Methods: Th...

OBJECTIVES Studies on factors affecting neonatal mortality have rarely considered the impact of place of delivery on neonatal mortality. This study provides epidemiological information regarding the impact of place of delivery on neonatal deaths. METHODS We analyzed data from the Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (RHDSS) in Tanzania. A total of 5,124 live births and 166 neonat...