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Rachel A. Haws, MHS; Gary L. Darmstadt, MD, MS

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(1):99-102.

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Global attention is shifting toward the world's 4 million annual neonatal deaths, which have remained fairly constant even as successful child survival programs have reduced child deaths in the world's poorest countries. Neonatal deaths now compose 38% of remaining child deaths,^1-2 and 99% of these occur in developing countries, at a tragic intersection of widespread poverty, sex inequality, food insecurity, weak health systems, underdeveloped infrastructure, and suboptimal care seeking.^{1, 3-6} Experts agree that meeting United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goal 4, which calls for a two-thirds reduction in child deaths between 1990 and 2015, will require a substantial (approximately 50%) reduction in neonatal deaths, necessitating a new focus on cost-effective strategies to save newborn lives.⁷

Neonatal deaths are traditionally viewed by child survival programs as relatively difficult to prevent, but new studies are strengthening the limited evidence base for highly cost-effective interventions . . . [Full Text of this Article]

MULTIPLE-MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION: ONE STRATEGY TO SAVE NEWBORN LIVES


CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN SAVING NEWBORN LIVES

ASSEMBLING RIGOROUS EVIDENCE
Single Interventions and Packages

Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness

SPANNING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM MOTHERS TO CHILDREN

MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES AND INTEGRATING SERVICE DELIVERY MODES

STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES

CONCLUSIONS

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