Maternal and community failures in newborn care and high rural neonatal mortality

Background: The neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) is more in rural India (54.3 in males; 49.0 in females) than in urban India (37.8 in males; 28.8 in females). Objectives: To what extent the rural mothers and the communities are responsible for this situation? Methods: A cross-sectional community base...

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Main Authors: A A K Rao, N Sujatha, T Swathi, T Anurag, K Seethamahalakshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mrimsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2321-7006;year=2017;volume=5;issue=3;spage=84;epage=84;aulast=Rao;type=0