Abstract Background The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely
promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low-and middle-income countries …

Objective Current knowledge on the global burden of infant sepsis is limited to population-
level data. We aimed to summarise global case fatality rates (CFRs) of young infants with …

Introduction: Current guidelines recommend inclusion of HIV testing in routine screening
tests for all pregnant women. For this reason, antenatal care (ANC) represents a vital …

Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) provided delivery care throughout the world prior to the
development of organized systems of medical care. In 2016, an estimated 22% of pregnant …

Background In low to middle-income countries where home births are common and
neonatal postnatal care is limited, community health worker (CHW) home visits can extend …

Research Page 1 Page number not for citation purposes 1 Morbidité et facteurs de risque de
mortalité néonatale dans un hôpital de référence de Douala Danielle Christiane Kedy Koum1,2 …

Neurological disorders during pregnancy are a substantial threat to women's health,
particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Furthermore, a critical shortage of mental …

Objective. The 8-sign algorithm adapted from the Young Infants Clinical Signs Study
(YICSS) is widely used to identify sick infants during home visits (YICSS-home algorithm) …

Background Globally most neonatal deaths occur within the first week of life and in low-
income and middle-income countries. Strengthening health system linkages for frontline …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that a skilled birth attendant
(SBA) attend every birth. However, most women in the rural community of Fondwa, Haiti, do …