Nature: What impact do essential newborn care practices have on neonatal mortality in low and lower-middle income countries? Evidence from Bangladesh
To assess the impact of essential newborn care (ENC) practices on the mortality of neonates delivered at home in Bangladesh. Delayed bathing (72 h after delivery) significantly contributed to reducing ...
What impact do essential newborn care practices have on neonatal mortality in low and lower-middle income countries? Evidence from Bangladesh
Essential newborn care High-quality universal newborn health care is the right of every newborn everywhere. Babies have the right to be protected from injury and infection, to breathe normally, to be warm and to be fed. All newborns should have access to essential newborn care, which is the critical care for all babies in the first days after ...
Welcome to the maternal health component of the WHO maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) e-handbook. This essential resource provides comprehensive guidance to improve maternal health globally. Addressing the alarming 295 000 annual maternal deaths from preventable complications, the e-handbook highlights cost-effective interventions such as antenatal care, skilled birth ...
To help address this, WHO developed Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) – a set of simple, cost-effective interventions proven to save newborn lives. One important part of EENC is immediate and prolonged skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby.
The New England Journal of Medicine: Newborn-Care Training and Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries
The rate of stillbirths in rural areas of six developing countries fell more than 30 percent following a basic training program in newborn care for birth attendants, according to a new study. The rate ...