Lisa Messersmith, Cherryl Kolhe, Alyana Ladha, Prabir Das, Sowmya R Rao, Marym Mohammady, Emily Conant, Rejesh Bose, Nithya Ramanathan, Archana Patel, Patricia L Hibberd
Nearly one quarter (600,000) of all neonatal deaths worldwide per year occur in India. To reduce neonatal mortality, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare established neonatal care units, including neonatal intensive care units and specialized neonatal care units to provide immediate care at birth, resuscitation for asphyxiation, postnatal care, follow up for high-risk newborns, immunization, and referral for additional or complex healthcare services. Despite these efforts, neonatal mortality remains high, and measures taken to reduce mortality have been severely challenged by multiple problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic...
2024: PLOS Glob Public Health