Strategies to reduce perinatal mortality

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e6-e7

  Cooper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84952870953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00268-5     Document Type: Note

References (8)

1. Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn and child survival-the 2015 report 2015, UNICEF, WHOWHO, UNICEF and World Health Organization, Geneva.
2. Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths 2014, UNICEF, WHOWHO, UNICEF and World Health Organization, South Africa.
3. Pitt C, Tawiah T, Soremekun S, et al. Cost and cost-effectiveness of newborn home visits: findings from the Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Ghana. Lancet Glob Health 2015, published online Nov 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00207-7.
4. Bacqi AH, Arifeen SE, Darmstadt GL, et al. Effect of community based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2008, 371:1936-1944.
5. Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Ten Asbroek AHA, et al. Effects of the Newhints home-visits intervention on neonatal mortality rate and care practices in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2013, 381:2184-2192.
6. WHO recommendations on postnatal care of the mother and newborn 2014, WHO, World Health Organization, Geneva.
7. Askeer N, Lawn JE, Keenan W Ending preventable newborn deaths in a generation. Int J Gynecol Obstet 2015, 131:S43-S48.
8. Lassi ZS, Bhutta ZA Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015, 3. CD007754.