Improving Newborn Health in Developing

"It makes enjoyable and interesting reading and is an excellent educational source, a must for anyone intending to be involved with newborn health in South Asia".Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000

Foreword

vii

Introduction

ix

List of Contributors

xxvii

Section 1: Current Status of Newborn Infants and Perinatal Health in South Asia

1

(76)

Current State of the Health of Newborn Infants in Developing Countries

3

(12)

Anthony Costello

Dharma Manandhar

Recent Trends in Perinatal Health in South Asia

15

(62)

Bangladesh

17

(12)

Nazmun Nahar

India

29

(20)

Santosh K. Bhargava

Nepal

49

(8)

Dharma Manandhar

Pakistan

57

(12)

Shakila Zaman

Sri Lanka

69

(8)

Ananda Wijekoon

Section 2: Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of Motherhood in South Asia

77

(112)

Social and Developmental Issues Affecting the Perinatal Health of Mothers and Their Infants

79

(20)

Hilary Standing

Anthony Costello

Epidemiological Trends in Nutritional Status of children and Women in India

99

(36)

Harshpal Sachdev

Commentary Maternal Nutrition and Health of the Newborn

129

(6)

Ramesh K. Adhikari

Women's Work and Maternal-Child Health: Anthropological Views on Intervention

135

(22)

Catherine Panter-Brick

Perinatal Mortality in Nepal: Implications for Behaviour Modification

157

(12)

Shyam Thapa

Traditional and Cultural Aspects of Neonatal Care in Developing Countries

169

(20)

Shashi N. Vani

Commentary Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Newborn Care in Nepal

181

(8)

Munu Thapa

Section 3: Cost-Effective Essential Newborn Care in Poor Communities: The Evidence-Base

189

(236)

Effective Interventions in Pregnancy to Improve Foetal Growth

191

(16)

Amali Lokugamage

Charles H. Rodeck

Hypothermia: Epidemiology and Prevention

207

(14)

Ragnar Tunell

New Methods for Monitoring Neonatal Hypothermia and Cold Stress

221

(12)

Anthony Costello

Birth Asphyxia in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Sequelae and Prevention

233

(40)

Matthew Ellis

Effective Resuscitation

273

(16)

Siddarth Ramji

Commentary Effective Resuscitation: Research from Bombay on the Use of a Mouth-To-Mask Method

283

(6)

Simin Irani

Effective Interventions to Reduce Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity from Perinatal Infection

289

(20)

Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

The Importance of Breastfeeding and Strategies to Sustain High Breastfeeding Rates

309

(38)

M. Q-K. Talukder

Commentary Improving Breastfeeding Support in the Community

343

(4)

Shameem Ahmed

Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

347

(12)

Anthony Costello

Deb Pal

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia in Developing Countries

359

(8)

Therese Hesketh

Low Birth Weight Newborns---The Risks in Infancy and Beyond

367

(26)

Dipak K. Guha

Does Health Education Improve Newborn Care?

393

(16)

Alison Bolam

Dominique Tillen

Anthony Costello

Community Based Strategies to Improve Newborn and Infant Care Practices

409

(16)

Fehmida Jalil

Section 4: Improving Health Service Delivery

425

(128)

Special Care of Newborns at the District Hospital

427

(14)

Dharma Manandhar

Commentary Lessons from a Neonatal Death

435

(6)

Sajid Maqbool

Current Controversies and Recommendations for the Care of High Risk Newborn Infants

441

(18)

Meharban Singh

Audit---A Tool to Improve the Quality of Perinatal Care

459

(20)

Sophie Mancey-Jones

Trained Traditional Birth Attendants and Essential Newborn Care in South Asia

479

(14)

Marta J. Levitt-Dayal

TBA Training: Cost-Effective?

493

(10)

Carole Presern

What to do About Referral and Transfers of High Risk Mothers and Newborns?

503

(14)

Daljit Singh

Making Perinatal Services More User-Friendly

517

(20)

Susan F. Murray

Commentary Improving the User-Friendliness of District Perinatal Services

531

(6)

Shameem Ahmed

How to Improve Information, Education and Communication for Better Newborn Care

537

(16)

Planning a CME Programme on Neonatal Care at the District Level

537

(4)

O.N. Bhakoo

Effective Dissemination of Health Learning Materials

541

(4)

Hemang Dixit

Dissemination of Health Information

545

(8)

Matthew Ellis

Section 5: Challenges for Future Policy Implementation and Research

553

(12)

Challenges for Future Policy Implementation and Research

555

(10)

Anthony Costello

Sophie Mancey-Jones

Index

565

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Improving Newborn Health in Developing Countries

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