Impact of Antenatal Care (ANC) on Perinatal Asphyxia.

Sarker, Anwesa; Shamsad, Iffat Ara; Zakia, Najnin Umme; Nahar, Khyrun; Shimul, Sabiha

doi:10.3329/fmcj.v14i1.46165

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“…A comprehensive antenatal care program involves a coordinated approach, continuous risk assessment and psychological support that optimally is initiated before pregnancy and extends throughout the postpartum and interpregnancy periods [ 53 ]. It should integrate health education and community engagement and the concept of family-centered care [ 54 ]. A 2020 Cochrane Library review on antenatal interventions for preventing stillbirth, fetal loss, and perinatal death showed clear evidence that reduced antenatal care visits were associated with increased perinatal mortality [ 55 ].…”

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2.5 Million Annual Deaths—Are Neonates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Too Small to Be Seen? A Bottom-Up Overview on Neonatal Morbi-Mortality

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(1) Background: Every year, 2.5 million neonates die, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), in total disregard of their fundamental human rights. Many of these deaths are preventable. For decades, the leading causes of neonatal mortality (prematurity, perinatal hypoxia, and infection) have been known, so why does neonatal mortality fail to diminish effectively? A bottom-up understanding of neonatal morbi-mortality and neonatal rights is essential to achieve adequate progress, and so is increased visibility. (2) Methods: We performed an overview on the leading causes of neonatal morbi-mortality and analyzed the key interventions to reduce it with a bottom-up approach: from the clinician in the field to the policy maker. (3) Results and Conclusions: Overall, more than half of neonatal deaths in LMIC are avoidable through established and well-known cost-effective interventions, good quality antenatal and intrapartum care, neonatal resuscitation, thermal care, nasal CPAP, infection control and prevention, and antibiotic stewardship. Implementing these requires education and training, particularly at the bottom of the healthcare pyramid, and advocacy at the highest levels of government for health policies supporting better newborn care. Moreover, to plan and follow interventions, better-quality data are paramount. For healthcare developments and improvement, neonates must be acknowledged as humans entitled to rights and freedoms, as stipulated by international law. Most importantly, they deserve more respectful care.

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confidence: 99%