Neonatal tetanus in Nigeria: does it still pose a major threat to neonatal survival?

Neonatal Tetanus: Still a Scourge after Elimination from India.

Neonatal tetanus continues to be a cause of neonatal death in the lowand middle-income countries. Recently we managed two cases of neonatal tetanus at our institute. Both the families were migrants, one from Bihar and other from Jharkhand. Both the pregnancies were unsupervised and delivery was conducted at home. There was history of application of cowdung on umbilical stump in first case and o...

Verification of Neonatal Tetanus Surveillance Systems in Katsina State, Nigeria

BACKGROUND The incidence and mortality rates of neonatal tetanus (NNT) remain underreported in Nigeria. The goal of the study was to compare the NNT prevalence and the mortality rates from the existing surveillance system and active surveillance of health facility records in 7 selected health facilities from 2010 to 2014 in Katsina State, Nigeria. METHODS The study is a retrospective record r...

Prevalence and outcome of neonatal tetanus in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria.

INTRODUCTION Neonatal tetanus is a highly debilitating disease with high mortality. Global efforts at eliminating the disease in developing countries are yielding results but slower than expected. The high case fatality of neonatal tetanus remains a therapeutic challenge to physicians and requires continuous evaluation. This study aimed to determine the incidence and outcome of neonatal tetanus...

Neonatal tetanus in Casablanca

Neonatal tetanus (NT) remains common in developing countries. Its poor prognosis is characterized by a high mortality rate. Patients and methods – Our retrospective review concerned 50 cases of NT admitted to the intensive care and neonatology units in the Casablanca Children’s Hospital between 1990 and 1999. The diagnosis was made on clinical signs and gravity was evaluated with the Dakar scor...

Eliminating Neonatal Tetanus