2017
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.501
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Neonatal mortality in East Africa and West Africa: a geographic analysis of district-level demographic and health survey data

Abstract: Under-five child mortality declined 47% since 2000 following the implementation of the United Nation’s (UN) Millennium Development Goals. To further reduce under-five child mortality, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on interventions to address neonatal mortality, a major contributor of under-five mortality. The African region has the highest neonatal mortality rate (28.0 per 1000 live births), followed by that of the Eastern Mediterranean (26.6) and South-East Asia (24.3). This study u… Show more

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“…1 Within sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of newborn deaths and neonatal mortality has an uneven geographical distribution. 2 Overall progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' (SDGs) target of 12 deaths per 1000 livebirths or fewer by 2030 within the region is slow; however, west and central Africa have the highest proportion of countries requiring major shifts in their mortality reduction to achieve this target. 3,4 Bacterial infections are a leading cause of global neonatal deaths with a high burden of cases in sub-Saharan Africa and the risk of mortality from neonatal infections is higher than the risk of motality from other neonatal conditions, 5 yet there is a substantial gap in aetiology-specific data from the region, with no published trends regarding which organisms provide the most risk.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 Within sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of newborn deaths and neonatal mortality has an uneven geographical distribution. 2 Overall progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' (SDGs) target of 12 deaths per 1000 livebirths or fewer by 2030 within the region is slow; however, west and central Africa have the highest proportion of countries requiring major shifts in their mortality reduction to achieve this target. 3,4 Bacterial infections are a leading cause of global neonatal deaths with a high burden of cases in sub-Saharan Africa and the risk of mortality from neonatal infections is higher than the risk of motality from other neonatal conditions, 5 yet there is a substantial gap in aetiology-specific data from the region, with no published trends regarding which organisms provide the most risk.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O presente estudo aponta expressiva mortalidade neonatal entre os bebês de BPN na realidade estudada, a semelhança de outros cenários africanos [7, 8, 15]. Foram encontradas as seguintes informações maternas e dos recém-nascidos consonantes com condições de vulnerabilidades: idade menor que 19 anos, doenças durante a gestação e gestantes que não participaram satisfatoriamente de consultas no pré-natal, extremo baixo peso ao nascer, muito baixo peso, índice de Apgar menor que 6 e idade gestacional menor que 37 semanas.…”
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“…Na África, o período do primeiro dia de nascimento até a segunda semana de vida representa momento crítico para as causas de morte e é nessa ocasião que diminui a cobertura dos cuidados de saúde, com metade das mulheres africanas e dos seus bebês que não se beneficiam dos cuidados dos profissionais de saúde durante o parto e na continuidade da atenção à saúde pós-natal [7-9, 15]. Na realidade angolana, também já estudada [15, 17], a melhoria na qualidade de assistência pré-natal, ao parto e ao recém-nascido de risco é apontada como essencial para reduzir a mortalidade infantil, bem como a melhoria dos condicionantes da elevada mortalidade em crianças, relacionados à falta de saneamento básico, condições inadequadas de abastecimento de água e do acesso aos serviços de saúde.…”
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“…Sustainable Development Goal 2030 focuses mainly on reduction in neonatal mortality to achieve U5MR [5]. Seventy five percent of neonatal deaths occur in first week of life [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%