Basic newborn care and neonatal resuscitation: A multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Enweronu Laryea, Christabel ^a   Dickson, Kim E ^b   Moxon, Sarah G ^c,d   Simen Kapeu, Aline ^b   Nyange, Christabel ^b,e   Niermeyer, Susan ^f   Bégin, France ^b   Sobel, Howard L ^g   Lee, Anne C C ^h   von Xylander, Severin Ritter ^g   Lawn, Joy E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^e ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Basic newborn care; Bottleneck analysis; Health system; Quality of care; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SCALE UP; SKILL; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT CARE; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEADERSHIP; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; OBSTETRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84978086492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-15-S2-S4     Document Type: Article

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