Inadequate knowledge of neonatal danger signs among recently delivered women in southwestern rural Uganda: a community survey.

BACKGROUND: Early detection of neonatal illness is an important step towards improving newborn survival. Every year an estimated 3.07 million children die during their first month of life and about one-third of these deaths occur during the first 24 hours. Ninety-eight percent of all neonatal deaths...

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Main Authors: Jacob Sandberg, Karen Odberg Pettersson, Gustav Asp, Jerome Kabakyenga, Anette Agardh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4019554?pdf=render