Maternal and neonatal tetanus [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2015 Maternal and neonatal tetanus is still a substantial but preventable cause of mortality in many developing countries. Case fatality from these diseases remains high and treatment is limited by scarcity of resources and effective drug treatments. The Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Initiative, launched by WHO and its partners, has made ...
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Maternal and neonatal tetanus [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2007 Maternal and neonatal tetanus are important causes of maternal and neonatal mortality, claiming about 180 000 lives worldwide every year, almost exclusively in developing countries. Although easily prevented by maternal immunisation with tetanus toxoid vaccine, and aseptic obstetric and postnatal umbilical-cord care practices, maternal and neonatal ...
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021 Neonatal tetanus, also known as tetanus neonatorum, occurs in young infants of inadequately immunized mothers. It is a kind of generalized tetanus that is exhibited mainly by prevention of the release of the inhibitory neurotransmitters (i.e ...
Itzhak Brook
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Neonatal tetanus in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2020 Umbilical stump sepsis in a nonpassively immunized neonate poses a high risk to neonatal tetanus. Management of neonatal tetanus is still a great challenge in resource‐limited settings where some health facilities lack tetanus toxoid containing vaccines,
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Inequalities in Immunization against Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Protection at Birth Coverage Using Household Health Survey Data from 76 Countries [PDF]
Vaccines, 2023 Substantial progress in maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination has been made in the past 40 years, with dramatic reductions in neonatal tetanus incidence and mortality.
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Neonatal Tetanus Case Series: A Tale of Survival and Tragedy at St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
Pediatric Health, Medicine and TherapeuticsTigist Bacha,1 Mahlet Abayneh,2 Dawit Bekele Tefera3 1Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Division of Neonatology Department of ...
Bacha T, Abayneh M, Tefera DB
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Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination: Where are We Now? [PDF]
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2021 Shashi Kant Dhir,1 Pooja Dewan,2 Piyush Gupta2 1Department of Pediatrics, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Punjab, India; 2Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence: Piyush GuptaDepartment of ...
Pooja Dewan, Shashi Kant Dhir
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Predictors of Neonatal Tetanus Mortality in Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria [PDF]
Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2017 Background: The mortality rate of neonatal tetanus (NNT) remains high in Nigeria. The study was guided by Mosley and Chen’s model for the elements of child survival in developing countries.
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Neonatal tetanus--report of a case
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Neonatal tetanus is a severe, often fatal disease caused by the toxin Clostridium tetani. Neonatal tetanus is a generalized tetanus, which occurs in a neonate between 3-28 days of life.
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Proportion of births protected against neonatal tetanus and its associated factors among mothers who gave birth within the past 6 months in Gozamn district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022 [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 Today, neonatal tetanus accounts for a significant portion of newborn and under−5 mortality – 40% and 57%, respectively – and is the most prevalent cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing nations.
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