A NEONATAL TETANUS DEATH: AN OPPORTUNITY LOST

Eliminating neonatal tetanus--an attainable goal.

The Francis inquiry: a lost opportunity?

No-one who read the testimony of relatives to the inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire Trust (Mid-Staffs) could fail to be moved. These dreadful events were always going to require drastic action. Sir Robert Francis has rightly been lauded for his industry and thoroughness but I amnot alone inwonderingwhether his latest report (Box 1) best serves its purpose. If you have misgivings about his diag...

Etiology of Early Neonatal Death, An Implication for Intervention

Background: Neonatal mortality is accounted for significant percentage of under 5 year old mortality rate. In spite of decline in child mortality rate and with huge progress in the field of neonatal medicine, neonatal and specially early neonatal death are one of the important causes of infant mortality rate so evaluating the causes of neonatal death and specially early neonatal death is very i...

Eliminating Neonatal Tetanus

Maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Maternal and neonatal tetanus are important causes of maternal and neonatal mortality, claiming about 180 000 lives worldwide every year, almost exclusively in developing countries. Although easily prevented by maternal immunisation with tetanus toxoid vaccine, and aseptic obstetric and postnatal umbilical-cord care practices, maternal and neonatal tetanus persist as public-health problems in 4...