About 0.75 million neonates die every year in India, the highest for any country in the world.
The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) declined from 52 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 28 per …

Introduction Community health worker (CHW) interventions are promoted to improve
maternal and newborn health in low-income and middle-income countries. We reviewed the …

Introduction: The neonatal period refers to the first 28 days of life. Newborns are particularly
vulnerable to death. The predictors associated with neonatal mortality need to be …

The Three Delays Model has proven a useful framework for examining barriers to seeking
obstetric care and preventing maternal and child mortality. This article demonstrates the …

Background Provision of essential newborn care (ENC) can save many newborn lives in
poor resource settings but coverage is far from universal and varies by country and place of …

Bangladesh's maternal mortality and neonatal mortality remain unacceptably high. We
assessed the availability and quality of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and emergency …

Skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery have been advocated for reducing
maternal, neonatal mortality and infant mortality (NMR and IMR). This paper examines the …

Background: Newborns are the future generations and ensuring their healthy growth and
development and all the activities regarding them must be the prime concern of societies …

Background We report population-based data on still birth, induced abortion and
miscarriage from the Indian state of Bihar to assess the magnitude of the problem and to …

There is an unmet need for phototherapy treatment in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) to prevent disability and death of newborns with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Home …