Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs), predominantly pneumonia, account for more deaths among children under-five than any other infectious disease. India has almost three times the number of ALRI deaths of any other country. Vaccination is an important tactic to reduce…
The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) educational program focuses on training of first-level birth attendants in neonatal resuscitation skills for the first minute of life (The Golden Minute). Pre-post studies of HBB implementation in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia have shown reductions…
Preterm birth remains a common cause of neonatal mortality, with a disproportionately high burden in low-income and middle-income countries. Meta-analyses of low-dose aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia suggest that the incidence of preterm birth might also be decreased, particularly if initiated…
While trends in caesarean birth by maternal request in low- and middle-income countries are unclear, age, education, multiple gestation and hypertensive disease appear associated with the indication when compared with caesarean birth performed for medical indications. By: Harrison MS, Garces…
Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics of respiratory infection globally. Pregnant women are thought to be at increased risk for morbidity and mortality from respiratory infections, including seasonal influenza, because of changes in anatomy and the immune and cardiovascular systems that…
Background Influenza vaccination during pregnancy prevents influenza among women and their infants but remains underused among pregnant women. We aimed to quantify the risk of antenatal influenza and examine its association with perinatal outcomes. Methods We did a prospective cohort…
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends case definitions for influenza surveillance that are also used in public health research, though their performance has not been assessed in many risk groups, including pregnant women in whom influenza may manifest differently. We…
The neonatal period is the period in life with the highest risk for mortality. Annually, 2.5 million neonatal deaths and 2.6 million stillbirths occur globally, of which 1.3 million are intrapartum stillbirths. It is estimated that approximately 98% of all…
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a neonatal death as the death of a live born infant during the first 28 days of life. Of 5.7 million under-five deaths that occur annually, approximately 47% occur in the first 28 day.…
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a neonatal death as the death of a live born infant during the first 28 days of life. Of 5.7 million under-five deaths that occur annually, approximately 47% occur in the first 28 day.…