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Summary: Background: Adopted in 2015, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have set specific targets (SDG 3.2) for countries to reduce their neonatal mortality rate (NMR) to below 12 deaths per 1000 live births and under 5 mortality rate (U5MR) to ...
Zahid Memon +9 more
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The path made and where to go: trends in the neonatal mortality rate. A cross-sectional study
Introduction: Neonatal mortality is an indicator of maternal and child health, which reflects the level of pre- and post-natal care. The objective of the present study was to determine the neonatal mortality rate, its trend, and respective causes in a ...
Rita Ramos +5 more
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The apgar score and infant mortality. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if the Apgar score remains pertinent in contemporary practice after more than 50 years of wide use, and to assess the value of the Apgar score in predicting infant survival, expanding from the neonatal to the post-neonatal period ...
Fei Li +5 more
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Association of Maternal Body Mass Index With Risk of Infant Mortality: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis
Objective: This study presumed that a high or low body mass index (BMI) might increase the risk of infant mortality. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to systematically assess the association between maternal BMI and the risk of infant mortality ...
Nana Huo +6 more
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Post-Neonatal Infant Mortality in Birmingham between 1947 and 1956 [PDF]
This report based on mortality data from Birmingham from the 1947-56 period analyzed changes over time in the association between infant mortality birth rank and maternal age and in the causes of death (infective noninfective and indeterminate). Analysis of the 1030 postneonatal deaths observed in a series of 128496 births indicated a moderate ...
G, KNOX, J, MACKINTOSH
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Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India: Implications of an economic model [PDF]
Abstract In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect ...
G B, Simmons +3 more
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While socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality have received substantial attention in the literature, determinants of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality have rarely been analysed and compared.
Filippo Temporin
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Neonatal mortality post ISIS conflict in Iraq
Neonatal mortality is an indicator to assess maternal and neonatal care.1 Iraq has been suffering from wars, economic hardship, terrorism and internal displacement for last 4 decades.2 The impact of such suffering on health was reported.3 However, the ...
Sally S. Bash, Eman A. AL-Kaseer
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Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality in Pakistan [PDF]
Ensuring the survival and well being of children is a concern of families, communities and nations throughout the world. Since the turn of the 20th century infant and child mortality in more developed countries has steadily declined and, currently, has been reduced to almost minimal levels. In contrast, although infant and child
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Time trend of infant mortality in Pernambuco, 2001-2019: a population-based ecological study
Objectives: to analyze the temporal trend and spatial distribution of infant mortality in Pernambuco from 2001 to 2019. Methods: an ecological study involving all deaths in children under one year of age living in the state. Data were collected from the
Lígia Maria de Sousa Coelho +4 more
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