Development and effects of a neonatal care unit in rural India

Development and effects of a neonatal care unit in rural India

India is committed to achieving an NMR of 20 by 2010. However, the NMR has remained static at 44 over the past decade.3 With rare exceptions, district hospitals in India do not have an SNCU. We propose that the development of SNCUs in district and subdistrict hospitals be considered for implementati...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2005-07, Vol.366 (9479), p.27-28
Hauptverfasser: Sen, Amitava, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Singh, Arun K, Som, Tapas K, Bandyopadhyay, Sudipta
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Sprache:eng
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Developing countries
Hospitals
Hospitals, Rural
Humans
India
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - organization & administration
LDCs
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Zusammenfassung:India is committed to achieving an NMR of 20 by 2010. However, the NMR has remained static at 44 over the past decade.3 With rare exceptions, district hospitals in India do not have an SNCU. We propose that the development of SNCUs in district and subdistrict hospitals be considered for implementation in India and other developing countries to reduce NMR.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66823-7