Flavia Rosa-Mangeret, Anne-Caroline Benski, Anne Golaz, Persis Z Zala, Michiko Kyokan, Noémie Wagner, Lulu M Muhe, Riccardo E Pfister
(1) Background: Every year, 2.5 million neonates die, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), in total disregard of their fundamental human rights. Many of these deaths are preventable. For decades, the leading causes of neonatal mortality (prematurity, perinatal hypoxia, and infection) have been known, so why does neonatal mortality fail to diminish effectively? A bottom-up understanding of neonatal morbi-mortality and neonatal rights is essential to achieve adequate progress, and so is increased visibility...
April 21, 2022: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease