Service readiness for inpatient care of small and sick newborns: what do we need and what can we measure now?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Each year an estimated 2.6 million newborns die, mainly from complications of prematurity, neonatal infections, and intrapartum events. Reducing these deaths requires high coverage of good quality care at birth, and inpatient care for small and sick newborns. In low- and middle-income countries, standardised measurement of the readiness of facilities to provide emergency obstetric care has improved tracking of readiness to provide care at birth in recent years. However, the focus has been mainly on obstetric care; service readiness for providing inpatient care of small and sick newborns is still not consistently measured or tracked.

Methods

We reviewed existing international guidelines and resources to create a matrix of the structural characteristics (infrastruct

SUBMITTER: Moxon SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6038996 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature