Neonatal Survival in Addis Ababa
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1995-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Neonatal mortality is estimated to be high in many
developing countries but, very few studies were conducted in
this area. To illucidate the magnitude of neonatal mortality and
identify its determinants, a descriptive cross sectional study
on a cohort of newborns was carried out in Addis Ababa health
institutions between November 8 to January 19 1994.
A total of 1334 newborns participated in the study .
Baseline information on the risk behavior of the mother and
child characteristics were recorded just after delivery. Then
follow up interview were carried out by visiting each neonate at
home on the 7th and 28th day . In this study the prevalence of
neonatal mortality was found to be 71.9 per 1000 live birth
with early and late neonatal mortality of 50 . 9 and 20.9 live
birth respectively. LOW birth weight babies, premature babies
and babies born from mothers who were not family planning users
were found to be at higher risk of neonatal death using both bi variate
and multi - variate analysis.
The study concluded neonatal mortality is very high and
strengthening of neonatal care facilities and further study to
determine the prevalence rate of neonatal mortality among home
deliveries are recommended
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Neonatal Mortality