730 low birth weight (LBW) neonates and 1460 controls were selected from 13,123 neonates born from October 1988 to June 1989 in 17 hospitals and maternity units in Tehran, and were compared for mortality in the first seven and up to 28 days of life (early neonatal period). In this study all low birth weight newborns are divided according to four sub-groups of birth weight, and the mortalit...

Maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman who dies during pregnancy or within six weeks after delivery. A number of factors contribute to the high maternal mortality ratio around the globe, particularly, in underdeveloped countries. Pakistan has the highest mortality ratio (260 per 100,000 live births) in the region and is one of the developing countries which have committed to decrease...

Sur une periode de un an (mars 1974 :1 mars 1975) 572 enfants ont ete hospitalises dans le service de pedia­trie du C.H.U. LOGMANDOLEH ADHAM, de l'Univer­site Nationale d'lran. a Teheran. 69 deces ont ete consta­tes (] 3 "{, des malades admis) dont les 3/4 concernaient les enfants ages de moins de 24 mois, l'autopsie a ete effec­tuce chez 73,8';{, des enfants decedes dans le service. En­viron 4...

Investments in the extension of health insurance coverage, the strengthening of public health services, as well as primary care and better hospitals, highlights the emerging role of healthcare as part of China’s new growth regime, based on an expansion of services, and redistributive policies. Such investments, apart from their central role in terms of relief for low-income people, serve to reb...