ArticleConflict and health2020
Morbidities & outcomes of a neonatal intensive care unit in a complex humanitarian conflict setting, Hajjah Yemen: 2017-2018.
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- A systematic review of newborn health interventions in humanitarian settings.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
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- The global scope and components of family-centred care for preterm infants: An umbrella review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Pattern and Neonatal Outcome of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Measuring progress towards universal health coverage in 22 Middle East and North African countries.Dialogues in health · 2024Article
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- Global Prevalence of Severe Neonatal Jaundice among Hospital Admissions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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- Research progress of health care in Yemeni children during the war: review.Primary health care research & development · 2022Review
- The delivery of essential newborn care in conflict settings: A systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe protracted conflict in Yemen has taken a massive toll on the health system, negatively impacting the health of children, especially the most vulnerable age group; the newborns.
methodsA 2-year retrospective study of admissions into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Al-Gomhoury Hospital Hajjah, Northwest Yemen was conducted. Data was analyzed with IBM SPSS® version 25.0 statistical software using descriptive/inferential statistics.
resultsA total of 976 newborns were eligible and included in this study; 506 preterm newborns (51.8%) and 470 term newborns (48.2%). Over half, 549 (56.3%) newborns were admitted within 24 h after birth and 681 (69.8%) newborns travelled for over 60 min to arrive at the NICU. The most common admission diagnoses were complications of prematurity (341; 34.9%), perinatal asphyxia (336; 34.4%), neonatal jaundice (187; 18.8%), and neonatal sepsis (157, 16.1%). The median length of stay in the NICU was 4 days. There were 213 neonatal deaths (Facility neonatal mortality rate was 218 neonatal deaths per 1000 livebirths); 192 (90.1%) were preterm newborns, while 177 (83.1%) were amongst newborns that travelled for more 60 min to reach the NICU. Significant predictors of neonatal deaths are preterm birth (aOR = 3.09, 95% CI: 1.26-7.59,
conclusionsPreterm newborns bear disproportionate burden of neonatal morbidity and mortality in this setting which is aggravated by difficulties in accessing early neonatal care. Community-based model of providing basic obstetric and neonatal care could augment existing health system to improve neonatal survival in Yemen.
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