Incidence and risk factors of neonatal infections in a rural Bangladeshi population: a community-based prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infections cause about one fifth of the estimated 2.7 million annual neonatal deaths worldwide. Population-based data on burden and risk factors of neonatal infections are lacking in developing countries, which are required for the appropriate design of effective preventive and therapeutic interventions in resource-poor settings.

Methods

We used data from a community-based cluster-randomized trial conducted to evaluate the impact of two umbilical cord cleansing regimens with chlorhexidine solution on neonatal mortality and morbidity in a rural area of Sylhet District in Bangladesh. Newborns were assessed four times in the first 9 days of life by trained community health workers (CHWs) using a WHO IMCI-like clinical algorithm. Cumulative incidence of the first epis

SUBMITTER: Mitra DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845215 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature