Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?

The community-based delivery of an innovative neonatal kit to save newborn lives in rural Pakistan: design of a cluster randomized trial

BACKGROUND Worldwide, an estimated 2.9 million neonatal deaths occurred in 2012, accounting for 44% of all under-five deaths. In Pakistan, more than 200,000 newborns die annually and neonatal mortality rates are higher than in any other South Asian country and haven't changed over the last three decades. The high number of neonatal deaths highlights the urgent need for effective and sustainable...

Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?

Progress in newborn survival has been slow, and even more so for reductions in stillbirths. To meet Every Newborn targets of ten or fewer neonatal deaths and ten or fewer stillbirths per 1000 births in every country by 2035 will necessitate accelerated scale-up of the most effective care targeting major causes of newborn deaths. We have systematically reviewed interventions across the continuum...

Saving newborn lives in Asia and Africa: cost and impact of phased scale-up of interventions within the continuum of care.

BACKGROUND Policy makers and programme managers require more detailed information on the cost and impact of packages of evidenced-based interventions to save newborn lives, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where most of the world's 4 million newborn deaths occur. METHODS We estimated the newborn deaths that could be averted by scaling up 16 interventions in 60 countries. We ...

How Much Can We Save the Cost from Shifting from Single - Test Strip to Multiple - Test Strip in Point of Care Testing Analysis for Common Clinical Chemistry Parameters ?

Newborn health: a revolution in waiting.

By a host of metrics, women and their children have been getting healthier in recent years. Between 1990 and 2013, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from 523 000 to 289 000. The child mortality story is just as impressive. Since 1990, deaths in children younger than 5 years have declined by 47%. Given the critical role that women and children have in securing a healthy, prosperous, a...