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Ending Preventable Neonatal Deaths: Multicountry Evidence to Inform Accelerated Progress to the Sustainable Development Goal by 2030.
10.1159/000530496 · 2023 · External reference
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A minimal neonatal dataset (mND) for low- and middle-income countries as a tool to record, analyse, prevent and follow-up neonatal morbidity and mortality.
10.29392/001c.75151 · 2023 · External reference
African region’s maternal and newborn mortality declining, but progress still slow.
2025 · External reference
Neonatal sepsis and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries from a facility-based birth cohort: an international multisite prospective observational study.
10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00043-2 · 2022 · External reference
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Estimating the global impact of poor quality of care on maternal and neonatal outcomes in 81 low- and middle-income countries: A modeling study.
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Quality of care for pregnant women and newborns-the WHO vision.
10.1111/1471-0528.13451 · 2015 · External reference
Survival analysis of the association between antenatal care attendance and neonatal mortality in 57 low- and middle-income countries.
10.1093/ije/dyx125 · 2017 · External reference
Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health.
10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30311-8 · 2018 · External reference
Preconception care to improve pregnancy outcomes: the science.
10.7322/jhgd.v30.11064 · 2020 · External reference
Preconception care: advancing from ‘important to do and can be done’ to ‘is being done and is making a difference’.
10.1186/1742-4755-11-s3-s8 · 2014 · External reference
Preconception Care in Low-and Middle-Income Countries.
10.52768/epidemiolpublichealth/1049 · 2024 · External reference
Association of the quality of antenatal care with neonatal mortality: meta-analysis of individual participant data from 60 low- and middle-income countries.
10.1093/inthealth/ihz030 · 2019 · External reference
Effectiveness of eight or more antenatal contacts on health facility delivery and early postnatal care in low- and middle-income countries: a propensity score matching.
10.3389/fmed.2023.1107008 · 2023 · External reference
The impact of antenatal care on neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
10.1371/journal.pone.0222566 · 2019 · External reference
WHO recommendations on antenatal for a positive pregnancy experience.
2016 · External reference
Vaccinations for pregnant women.
10.1097/aog.0000000000000581 · 2015 · External reference
Lessons learnt from enrolment and follow up of pregnant women and their infants in clinical trials in South Africa, a low-middle income country.
10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.040 · 2015 · External reference
Introduction of new vaccines for immunization in pregnancy – Programmatic, regulatory, safety and ethical considerations.
10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.04.075 · 2019 · External reference
Quantitative Point of Care Tests for Timely Diagnosis of Early-Onset Preeclampsia with High Sensitivity and Specificity.
10.1002/anie.202301193 · 2023 · External reference
Use of metformin to prolong gestation in preterm pre-eclampsia: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial.
10.1136/bmj.n2103 · 2021 · External reference
The effectiveness of low-dose aspirin for the prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in a sub-Saharan Africa Country: A randomized clinical trial.
10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.10.052 · 2024 · External reference
How Can Digital Health Technologies Contribute to Sustainable Attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Africa? A Perspective.
10.3389/fpubh.2019.00341 · 2019 · External reference
Global strategy on digital health 2020–2025.
2021 · External reference
Intrapartum interventions and outcomes for women and children following induction of labour at term in uncomplicated pregnancies: a 16-year population-based linked data study.
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047040 · 2021 · External reference
WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience.
2018 · External reference
Trends in delivery with no one present in Nigeria between 2003 and 2013.
10.2147/ijwh.s79573 · 2015 · External reference
Birth preparedness, utilization of skilled birth attendants and delivery outcomes among pregnant women in Ogun State.
2020 · External reference
Skilled birth attendance-lessons learnt.
10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02336.x · 2009 · External reference
Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India: protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pilot trial.
10.1186/s12978-022-01525-4 · 2023 · External reference
Impact of WHO Labor Care Guide on reducing cesarean sections at a tertiary center: an open-label randomized controlled trial.
10.1016/j.xagr.2022.100075 · 2022 · External reference
Maternal fever in labor: etiologies, consequences, and clinical management.
10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11.002 · 2023 · External reference
Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns: ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 797.
10.1097/aog.0000000000003668 · 2020 · External reference
Multiple vaginal examinations and early neonatal sepsis.
10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20190848 · 2019 · External reference
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of vaginal examination frequency during labor.
10.1080/07399332.2022.2025806 · 2023 · External reference
Intrapartum antibiotics for prolonged rupture of membranes at term to prevent Group B Streptococcal sepsis.
10.1080/01443615.2018.1550474 · 2019 · External reference
Development and implementation experience of a learning healthcare system for facility based newborn care in low resource settings: The Neotree.
10.1002/lrh2.10310 · 2023 · External reference
Intrapartum-related neonatal encephalopathy incidence and impairment at regional and global levels for 2010 with trends from 1990.
10.1038/pr.2013.206 · 2013 · External reference
Optimizing the management of acute, prolonged decelerations and fetal bradycardia based on the understanding of fetal pathophysiology.
10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.014 · 2023 · External reference
Do women with pre-eclampsia, and their babies, benefit from magnesium sulphate? The Magpie Trial: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08778-0 · 2002 · External reference
Magnesium sulfate in preeclampsia: Broad indications, not only in neurological symptoms.
10.1016/j.preghy.2024.101126 · 2024 · External reference
FIGO good practice recommendations on magnesium sulfateadministration for preterm fetal neuroprotection.
10.1002/ijgo.13856 · 2021 · External reference
WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes.
2022 · External reference
A regional multilevel analysis: can skilled birth attendants uniformly decrease neonatal mortality?
10.1007/s10995-013-1260-7 · 2014 · External reference
Evaluation of decision to delivery time interval and its effect on feto-maternal outcomes and associated factors in category-1 emergency caesarean section deliveries: prospective cohort study.
10.1186/s12884-020-2828-z · 2020 · External reference
Disparities in use of skilled birth attendants and neonatal mortality rate in Guinea over two decades.
10.1186/s12884-021-04370-8 · 2022 · External reference
Difficult caesarean section: A literature review.
10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.12.026 · 2020 · External reference
WHO Technical Consultation on Postpartum and Postnatal Care.
2010 · External reference
Postnatal care: increasing coverage, equity, and quality.
10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30092-4 · 2016 · External reference
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: strengthening the maternal and newborn care continuum.
10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010992 · 2023 · External reference
Essential childbirth and postnatal interventions for improved maternal and neonatal health.
10.1186/1742-4755-11-s1-s3 · 2014 · External reference
The global status of human milk banking.
10.1111/mcn.13592 · 2024 · External reference
Evaluation of the impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) initiated immediately after birth compared to KMC initiated after stabilization in newborns with birth weight 1.0 to < 1.8 kg on neurodevelopmental outcomes: Protocol for a follow-up study.
10.1186/s13063-023-07192-5 · 2023 · External reference
The effects of mHealth interventions on improving institutional delivery and uptake of postnatal care services in low-and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
10.1186/s12913-023-09581-7 · 2023 · External reference
Mother-infant transmission of human microbiota.
10.1016/j.mib.2022.102173 · 2022 · External reference
Infections Acquired in the Nursery: Epidemiology and Control.
10.1016/b0-72-160537-0/50037-2 · 2006 · External reference
Breast milk and Group B streptococcal infection: vector of transmission or vehicle for protection?
10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.020 · 2014 · External reference
Congenital Infections: Priorities and Possibilities for Resource-limited Settings.
10.1097/inf.0000000000003710 · 2023 · External reference
Global Perspectives on Immunization During Pregnancy and Priorities for Future Research and Development: An International Consensus Statement.
10.3389/fimmu.2020.01282 · 2020 · External reference
Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70804-7 · 2014 · External reference
Access to effective antimicrobials: a worldwide challenge.
10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00474-2 · 2016 · External reference
Early-versus late-onset sepsis in neonates - time to shift the paradigm?
10.1016/j.cmi.2023.07.023 · 2024 · External reference
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis.
10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02724-0 · 2022 · External reference
Implementation of infection prevention and control for hospitalized neonates: A narrative review.
10.1016/j.cmi.2022.11.007 · 2024 · External reference
Maternal colonization or infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
10.1016/j.ijid.2017.08.015 · 2017 · External reference
Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016-December 2021.
10.1371/journal.pgph.0001612 · 2023 · External reference
Global burden of preterm birth.
10.1002/ijgo.13195 · 2020 · External reference
Born too soon: accelerating actions for prevention and care of 15 million newborns born too soon.
10.1186/1742-4755-10-s1-s6 · 2013 · External reference
National, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis.
10.1016/s0140-6736(23)00878-4 · 2023 · External reference
Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Preterm Births among Pregnant Women in Mogadishu, Somalia.
10.3390/children9101518 · 2022 · External reference
Primary healthcare and child and maternal health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A retrospective analysis of 29 national survey data from 13 countries.
10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100727 · 2021 · External reference
PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of nutrition counselling for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries to improve maternal, infant and child behavioural, nutritional and health outcomes: A systematic review.
10.1002/cl2.1202 · 2021 · External reference
Effective and simple interventions to improve outcomes for preterm infants worldwide: The FIGO PremPrep-5 initiative.
10.1002/ijgo.15269 · 2024 · External reference
Effectiveness of kangaroo mother care before clinical stabilisation versus standard care among neonates at five hospitals in Uganda (OMWaNA): a parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation.
10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00064-3 · 2024 · External reference
The Global Burden of Disease: 2004 Update.
2008 · External reference
Risk Factors of Birth Asphyxia among Newborns at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study.
10.4314/ejhs.v32i3.6 · 2022 · External reference
Provision of essential evidence-based interventions during facility-based childbirth: cross-sectional observations of births in northeast Nigeria.
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037625 · 2020 · External reference
Mechanisms of death in structurally normal stillbirths.
10.1515/jpm-2018-0216 · 2019 · External reference
Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030.
10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00837-5 · 2016 · External reference
Global stillbirth estimates.
2023 · External reference
Hypertension during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: challenges in a developing country.
10.1080/14767058.2019.1702943 · 2021 · External reference
Making stillbirths visible: a systematic review of globally reported causes of stillbirth.
10.1111/1471-0528.14971 · 2018 · External reference
Stillbirth in developing countries.
10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.03.023 · 2006 · External reference
Infection-related stillbirths.
10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61712-8 · 2010 · External reference
Stillbirths: how can health systems deliver for mothers and babies?
10.1016/s0140-6736(10)62306-9 · 2011 · External reference
Stillbirths: ending preventable deaths by 2030.
10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00954-x · 2016 · External reference
Maternal immunisation against Group B Streptococcus: A global analysis of health impact and cost-effectiveness.
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004068 · 2023 · External reference
Determinants of birthweight in rural Sri Lanka; a cohort study.
10.1186/s12887-022-03830-0 · 2023 · External reference
Maternal autonomy and associated factors in making decision to utilize health service for themselves and neonates in south Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional survey.
10.1371/journal.pone.0275303 · 2022 · External reference
Neonatal mortality rate and determinants among births of mothers at extreme ages of reproductive life in low and middle income countries.
10.1038/s41598-024-61867-w · 2024 · External reference
Women’s autonomy and maternal health decision making in Kenya: implications for service delivery reform - a qualitative study.
10.1186/s12905-024-02965-9 · 2024 · External reference
Exploring barriers to reproductive, maternal, child and neonatal (RMNCH) health-seeking behaviors in Somali region, Ethiopia.
10.1371/journal.pone.0212227 · 2019 · External reference
Challenges in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Niger: an in-depth case study.
10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011732 · 2024 · External reference
Preconception care.
2014 · External reference
Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality.
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37689 · 2022 · External reference
Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.
10.1186/s12978-018-0460-4 · 2018 · External reference
Women want male partner engagement in antenatal care.
10.1371/journal.pone.0283789 · 2023 · External reference
Facilitators and barriers of male partner involvement in antenatal care.
10.1002/ijgo.70463 · 2026 · External reference
Engaging Community Health Workers in Africa.
10.1371/journal.pgph.0002799 · 2024 · External reference
Only three out of ten women received adequate postnatal care in sub-Saharan Africa.
10.1186/s12884-025-07276-x · 2025 · External reference
