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Maternal and neonatal tetanus. [PDF]
Lancet, 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 ...
Thwaites CL, Beeching NJ, Newton CR.
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Maternal and neonatal tetanus [PDF]
The Lancet, 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 ...
Martha H, Roper +2 more
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Long-term outcome in survivors of neonatal tetanus following specialist intensive care in Vietnam [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Neonatal tetanus continues to occur in many resource-limited settings but there are few data regarding long-term neurological outcome from the disease, especially in settings with critical care facilities. Methods We assessed long-term outcome
Huynh T. Trieu +12 more
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Determinants of births protected against neonatal tetanus in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis using EDHS 2016 data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundEven though there is low coverage of maternal health services such as antenatal care and skilled birth attendant delivery as well as poor sanitary practice during delivery in Ethiopia, the proportion of births protected by the tetanus vaccine ...
Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale +1 more
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Non-accidental broom sticks injury as a cause of post-neonatal tetanus [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 Introduction: non accidental injury sustained following deliberate self-harm or inflicted by parents or caregivers for disciplinary, traditional and therapeutic measures have grave consequences including exposing the incompletely child to post neonatal ...
Eyong Komomo +3 more
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Epidemiological and clinical aspects of neonatal tetanus from a tertiary care hospital [PDF]
International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2017 Background and objectives: To study the epidemiology, clinical presentation and outcome of all patients diagnosed with neonatal tetanus and to provide a recommendation for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination. Design and setting: Retrospective study
Ali Y. Aqeel +3 more
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Tetanus toxoid immunization to reduce mortality from neonatal tetanus [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010 Neonatal tetanus remains an important and preventable cause of neonatal mortality globally. Large reductions in neonatal tetanus deaths have been reported following major increases in the coverage of tetanus toxoid immunization, yet the level of evidence for the mortality effect of tetanus toxoid immunization is surprisingly weak with only two trials ...
Blencowe, Hannah +4 more
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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.
Shafique Sani Nass +3 more
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A Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Recent Advances [PDF]
, 2020 Group B streptococcus (GBS) causes a high burden of neonatal and infant disease globally. Implementing a vaccine for pregnant women is a promising strategy to prevent neonatal and infant GBS disease and has been identified as a priority by the World ...
Carreras-Abad, C +3 more
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Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural India, 2007-2008. [PDF]
, 2013 Background. Despite the growing share of neonatal mortality in under-5 mortality in the recent decades in India, most studies have focused on infant and child mortality putting neonatal mortality on the back seat.
Kumar, A., Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
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