Effect of newborn resuscitation training on health worker practices in Pumwani Hospital, Kenya.

Birth asphyxia kills 0.7 to 1.6 million newborns a year globally with 99% of deaths in developing countries. Effective newborn resuscitation could reduce this burden of disease but the training of health-care providers in low income settings is often outdated. Our aim was to determine if a simple on...

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Main Authors: Newton Opiyo, Fred Were, Fridah Govedi, Greg Fegan, Aggrey Wasunna, Mike English
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2229665?pdf=render