World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, Family and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Newborn Health-Safe Motherhood, No. 96.13: Essential Newborn Care

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, Family and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Newborn Health-Safe Motherhood, No. 96.13: Essential Newborn Care
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Of 8.1 million infant deaths in 1993, almost half (3.9 million, 48%) were neonatal deaths. While infant mortality has been decreasing steadily all over the world, changes in neonatal mortality have been much slower. Almost-two thirds (2.8 million) of newborn deaths wcre within one week of birth, and deaths of many babies after the first week were also due to perinatal causes. The major causes of neonatal mortality are listed in Table

Table of Contents
Contents Page INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I PROCEEDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Essential interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Thermal protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Early and exclusive breastlfeeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Initiation of brenthing. resuscitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ejlecar.e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Management of newhorn illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 Care of the preterm andor low birth weight newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 .Co.n.ge.ni tal anomalies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3 l radltional practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Examination of the newborn infant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Invesligation of a nconatal dcath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 Summary table of essential newborn carc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Additional reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 List of part.~ .c ~pnnts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9