Home visits by community health workers to prevent neonatal deaths in developing countries: a systematic review

Gogia, Siddhartha; Sachdev, Harshpal Singh

doi:10.2471/blt.09.069369

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“…1 Such access might be made possible through innovative outreach models of care employing community health workers [94][95][96] and removal of fi nancial and transport barriers to access skilled care.…”

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confidence: 99%

Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost?

Bhutta¹,

Yakoob²,

Lawn³

et al. 2011

The Lancet

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost?

Bhutta¹,

Yakoob²,

Lawn³

et al. 2011

The Lancet

265

171

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“…8,9 The potential of community-based interventions to reduce newborn morbidity and mortality is well recognised. 10,11 Such interventions include community health workers (CHWs) delivering preventive and therapeutic interventions such as antibiotics at home, 12,13 community mobilisation through women's support groups 14,15 or community mobilisers working through individual and group sessions, 16 and community-based interventions delivered through non-governmental organisations 17 or community volunteers. 18 Common features of these interventions include civil society engagement, fl exibility of approaches, community volunteers, social mobilisers, or CHWs dedicated to the designated tasks through home visits or group sessions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Improvement of perinatal and newborn care in rural Pakistan through community-based strategies: a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial

et al. 2011

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SummaryBackground Newborn deaths account for 57% of deaths in children younger than 5 years in Pakistan. Although a large programme of trained lady health workers (LHWs) exists, the eff ectiveness of this training on newborn outcomes has not been studied. We aimed to evaluate the eff ectiveness of a community-based intervention package, principally delivered through LHWs working with traditional birth attendants and community health committees, for reduction of perinatal and neonatal mortality in a rural district of Pakistan. Interpretation Our results support the scale-up of preventive and promotive maternal and newborn interventions through community health workers and emphasise the need for attention to issues of programme management and coverage for such initiatives to achieve maximum potential. Methods

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“…About 38% of total under-five mortality occurs during the neonatal period and nearly three quarters of these deaths occur during the first week of life [2]. Globally, about one-sixth of all newborns are low birth weight (LBW, <2500 grams), which is single most important underlying risk factor for neonatal deaths [1,3]. Only about half of the newborns are weighed at birth and for a smaller proportion of them gestational age is known [4].…”

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confidence: 99%