Improving Newborn Health in Developing Countries

by Costello, Anthony; Manandhar, Dharma

• ISBN13: 9781860940972
• ISBN10: 1860940978
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Imperial College Pr

Summary

"It makes enjoyable and interesting reading and is an excellent educational source, a must for anyone intending to be involved with newborn health in South Asia".Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Introduction	ix
List of Contributors	xxvii
Section 1: Current Status of Newborn Infants and Perinatal Health in South Asia	1	(76)
Current State of the Health of Newborn Infants in Developing Countries	3	(12)
Anthony Costello
Dharma Manandhar
Recent Trends in Perinatal Health in South Asia	15	(62)
Bangladesh	17	(12)
Nazmun Nahar
India	29	(20)
Santosh K. Bhargava
Nepal	49	(8)
Dharma Manandhar
Pakistan	57	(12)
Shakila Zaman
Sri Lanka	69	(8)
Ananda Wijekoon
Section 2: Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of Motherhood in South Asia	77	(112)
Social and Developmental Issues Affecting the Perinatal Health of Mothers and Their Infants	79	(20)
Hilary Standing
Anthony Costello
Epidemiological Trends in Nutritional Status of children and Women in India	99	(36)
Harshpal Sachdev
Commentary Maternal Nutrition and Health of the Newborn	129	(6)
Ramesh K. Adhikari
Women's Work and Maternal-Child Health: Anthropological Views on Intervention	135	(22)
Catherine Panter-Brick
Perinatal Mortality in Nepal: Implications for Behaviour Modification	157	(12)
Shyam Thapa
Traditional and Cultural Aspects of Neonatal Care in Developing Countries	169	(20)
Shashi N. Vani
Commentary Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Newborn Care in Nepal	181	(8)
Munu Thapa
Section 3: Cost-Effective Essential Newborn Care in Poor Communities: The Evidence-Base	189	(236)
Effective Interventions in Pregnancy to Improve Foetal Growth	191	(16)
Amali Lokugamage
Charles H. Rodeck
Hypothermia: Epidemiology and Prevention	207	(14)
Ragnar Tunell
New Methods for Monitoring Neonatal Hypothermia and Cold Stress	221	(12)
Anthony Costello
Birth Asphyxia in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Sequelae and Prevention	233	(40)
Matthew Ellis
Effective Resuscitation	273	(16)
Siddarth Ramji
Commentary Effective Resuscitation: Research from Bombay on the Use of a Mouth-To-Mask Method	283	(6)
Simin Irani
Effective Interventions to Reduce Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity from Perinatal Infection	289	(20)
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
The Importance of Breastfeeding and Strategies to Sustain High Breastfeeding Rates	309	(38)
M. Q-K. Talukder
Commentary Improving Breastfeeding Support in the Community	343	(4)
Shameem Ahmed
Neonatal Hypoglycaemia	347	(12)
Anthony Costello
Deb Pal
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia in Developing Countries	359	(8)
Therese Hesketh
Low Birth Weight Newborns---The Risks in Infancy and Beyond	367	(26)
Dipak K. Guha
Does Health Education Improve Newborn Care?	393	(16)
Alison Bolam
Dominique Tillen
Anthony Costello
Community Based Strategies to Improve Newborn and Infant Care Practices	409	(16)
Fehmida Jalil
Section 4: Improving Health Service Delivery	425	(128)
Special Care of Newborns at the District Hospital	427	(14)
Dharma Manandhar
Commentary Lessons from a Neonatal Death	435	(6)
Sajid Maqbool
Current Controversies and Recommendations for the Care of High Risk Newborn Infants	441	(18)
Meharban Singh
Audit---A Tool to Improve the Quality of Perinatal Care	459	(20)
Sophie Mancey-Jones
Trained Traditional Birth Attendants and Essential Newborn Care in South Asia	479	(14)
Marta J. Levitt-Dayal
TBA Training: Cost-Effective?	493	(10)
Carole Presern
What to do About Referral and Transfers of High Risk Mothers and Newborns?	503	(14)
Daljit Singh
Making Perinatal Services More User-Friendly	517	(20)
Susan F. Murray
Commentary Improving the User-Friendliness of District Perinatal Services	531	(6)
Shameem Ahmed
How to Improve Information, Education and Communication for Better Newborn Care	537	(16)
Planning a CME Programme on Neonatal Care at the District Level	537	(4)
O.N. Bhakoo
Effective Dissemination of Health Learning Materials	541	(4)
Hemang Dixit
Dissemination of Health Information	545	(8)
Matthew Ellis
Section 5: Challenges for Future Policy Implementation and Research	553	(12)
Challenges for Future Policy Implementation and Research	555	(10)
Anthony Costello
Sophie Mancey-Jones
Index	565