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Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Although preventable, tetanus still claims tens of thousands of deaths each year. The patterns and distribution of mortality from tetanus have not been well characterized.
Hmwe H. Kyu, John Everett Mumford, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Ryan M. Barber, Jamie R. Hancock, Theo Vos, Christopher J. L. Murray, Mohsen Naghavi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions to reduce neonatal mortality from neonatal tetanus in low and middle income countries - a systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Background In 1988, WHO estimated around 787,000 newborns deaths due to neonatal tetanus. Despite few success stories majority of the Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are still struggling to reduce neonatal mortality due to neonatal tetanus.
Khan, Adeel Ahmed, Rabbani, F., Zahidie, Aysha   +2 more
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Trends in neonatal and post-neonatal tetanus admissions at a Nigerian teaching hospital

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2012
Introduction: Tetanus accounts for high morbidity and case fatality rates in developing countries. This study therefore aimed to identify reasons for the persistence of this disease.
Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji, Francis Fadero, Victor Joel-Medewase, Peter Elemile, Gabriel Ademola Oyedeji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal tetanus

Jornal de Pediatria, 2000
OBJECTIVE: Neonatal tetanus is an infection with high mortality, constituting a problem in underdeveloped countries, where there is faulty prenatal attendance. In spite of this and of the decreasing incidence of the disease in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, we report a case of neonatal tetanus identified in 1997. METHOD: We interviewed the infantacute;
A, Guardiola, A M, Teixeira, C A, Silva, J R, Grisólia, L Z, Prates, M T, Schermann, R, Mohrdieck   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk factors of neonatal tetanus in Wenzhou, China: a case-control study

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015
Introduction: Neonatal tetanus is a major cause of neonatal mortality in many developing countries and remains a major public health problem. This study aimed to determine risk factors associated with neonatal tetanus in Wenzhou, China.
Zu-Mu Zhou, Hong-Ying Shi, Yi Xu, Cai-Song Hu, Xiao-Ming Zhang, Li-Na Zhao, Zuo-Kai Xie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three cases of neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea lead to development of national action plan for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2013
Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. In 2011, three neonatal tetanus cases were investigated in Papua New Guinea, and all three cases were delivered at home by ...
Grace Kariwiga, Steven Toikilik, Laura Guarenti, Adeline Sitther, Roland Barnabas, Siddharta Sankar Datta, Gerard Pai Sui   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Among Women of Reproductive Age in Somaliland: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Understanding the predictors of Tetanus Toxoid (TT) protection among women of reproductive age is essential for designing effective interventions to eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) in Somaliland. This study aims to identify the sociodemographic, economic, and geographic determinants of TT protection. Methods A
Cabdi MM, Mohamed KH, Yasin AM, Nour AA, Farah HM, Barkhad LA, Hassan KI, Hassan MS.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinical and perceived quality of care for maternal, neonatal and antenatal care in Kenya and Namibia: the service provision assessment. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundThe majority of women in sub-Saharan Africa now deliver in a facility, however, little is known about the quality of services for maternal and newborn basic and emergency care, nor how this is associated with patient's perception of their ...
Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Montagu, Dominic, Sudhinaraset, May   +2 more
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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]

, 2018
Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F, Lammie, Patrick J, Priest, Jeffrey W, Scobie, Heather M   +3 more
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Epidemiological trends of tetanus from East Delhi, India: A hospital-based study

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014
Objective: To study the demographic profile, prognostic indicators, and mortality of tetanus patients and treatment outcomes following intramuscular anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (ATG) alone or combined intrathecal and intramuscular ATG.
Manish Narang, Aman Khurana, Sunil Gomber, Nidhi Choudhary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source