Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?

Abstract Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major cause of new-born deaths in this region and as such SSA now contributes a disproportionate large percentage of glob...

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Autores principales:	Fatima Usman, Abdulazeez Imam, Zubaida L. Farouk, Aliyu L. Dayyabu
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2019
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:76e5e2b9d0344a488e2e55bb9b6e9c542021-12-02T00:50:04ZNewborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?2214-999610.5334/aogh.2541https://doaj.org/article/76e5e2b9d0344a488e2e55bb9b6e9c542019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2541https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Abstract Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major cause of new-born deaths in this region and as such SSA now contributes a disproportionate large percentage of global asphyxia-related deaths. In this paper, we examine regional challenges affecting primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of PA and proffers locally adaptable solutions to these identified challenges.Fatima UsmanAbdulazeez ImamZubaida L. FaroukAliyu L. DayyabuUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 85, Iss 1 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Fatima Usman Abdulazeez Imam Zubaida L. Farouk Aliyu L. Dayyabu Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
description	Abstract Global new-born mortality has shown steady decline over the last two decades, but this decline has been slowest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a major cause of new-born deaths in this region and as such SSA now contributes a disproportionate large percentage of global asphyxia-related deaths. In this paper, we examine regional challenges affecting primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of PA and proffers locally adaptable solutions to these identified challenges.
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author	Fatima Usman Abdulazeez Imam Zubaida L. Farouk Aliyu L. Dayyabu
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title	Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
title_short	Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
title_full	Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
title_fullStr	Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
title_full_unstemmed	Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?
title_sort	newborn mortality in sub-saharan africa: why is perinatal asphyxia still a major cause?
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/76e5e2b9d0344a488e2e55bb9b6e9c54
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Newborn Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why is Perinatal Asphyxia Still a Major Cause?

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