High Neonatal Mortality Rates in Rural India : What Options to Explore?
Joint Authors
Chellaiyan, Vinoth G.
Sinha, Smita
Chinnakali, Palanivel
Odukoya, Oluwakemi
Rizwan, S. A.
Yadav, Kapil
Daral, Shailaja
Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash
Silan, Vijay
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-11-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Pharmacology
Abstract EN
The neonatal mortality rate in India is amongst the highest in the world and skewed towards rural areas.
Nonavailability of trained manpower along with poor healthcare infrastructure is one of the major hurdles in ensuring quality neonatal care.
We reviewed case studies and relevant literature from low and middle income countries and documented alternative strategies that have proved to be favourable in improving neonatal health.
The authors reiterate the fact that recruiting and retaining trained manpower in rural areas by all means is essential to improve the quality of neonatal care services.
Besides this, other strategies such as training of local rural healthcare providers and traditional midwives, promoting home-based newborn care, and creating community awareness and mobilization also hold enough potential to influence the neonatal health positively and efforts should be made to implement them on a larger scale.
More research is demanded for innovations such as “m-health” and public-private partnerships as they have been shown to offer potential in terms of improving the standards of care.
The above proposed strategy is likely to reduce morbidity among neonatal survivors as well.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash& Chinnakali, Palanivel& Odukoya, Oluwakemi& Yadav, Kapil& Sinha, Smita& Rizwan, S. A.…[et al.]. 2012. High Neonatal Mortality Rates in Rural India : What Options to Explore?. ISRN Pediatrics،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512240
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash…[et al.]. High Neonatal Mortality Rates in Rural India : What Options to Explore?. ISRN Pediatrics No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512240
American Medical Association (AMA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash& Chinnakali, Palanivel& Odukoya, Oluwakemi& Yadav, Kapil& Sinha, Smita& Rizwan, S. A.…[et al.]. High Neonatal Mortality Rates in Rural India : What Options to Explore?. ISRN Pediatrics. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512240
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512240