Inpatient care of small and sick newborns: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm birth is the leading cause of child death worldwide. Small and sick newborns require timely, high-quality inpatient care to survive. This includes provision of warmth, feeding support, safe oxygen therapy and effective phototherapy with prevention and treatment of infections. Inpatient care for newborns requires dedicated ward space, staffed by health workers with specialist training and skills. Many of the estimated 2.8 million newborns that die every year do not have access to such specialised care.

Methods

The bottleneck analysis tool was applied in 12 countries in Africa and Asia as part of the Every Newborn Action Plan process. Country workshops involved technical experts to complete the survey tool, which is designed to synthesise and grade health sy

SUBMITTER: Moxon SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4577807 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature