Reducing neonatal mortality in Jhagadia block, Gujarat: We need to go beyond promoting hospital deliveries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-53

  Raman Kutty, V ^a   Shah, Pankaj ^b   Modi, Dhiren ^b   Shah, Shobha ^b   Ramanathan, Mala ^a   Archana, A R ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SEWA Rural Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Gujarat; India; Infant mortality; Janani Suraksha Yoajana; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873445186     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms043     Document Type: Article

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