ReviewJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2020
Neonatal Survival in Sub-Sahara: A Review of Kenya and South Africa.
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- Neonatal sepsis in Ethiopia: unveiling the persistent burden through systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Postpartum Women's Experiences of Postnatal Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Pooled it
- Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a systematic review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Trend and pattern of antenatal care utilisation and neonatal mortality in Ghana: analyses 2003-2022 demographic and health survey.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- Neonatal resuscitation knowledge and its determinants among healthcare professionals at Asella referral and teaching hospital, Southeast Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of health facility delivery and antenatal care on neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a propensity score matching analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Understanding Anemia and Predictors of Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study in Southern Ethiopia.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2025Article
- Establishment of a neonatal nursery in a rural district hospital in Malawi: a retrospective review of neonatal outcomes in Neno District Hospital (2014-2021).BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Trends of neonatal sepsis and its etiology at Hawassa, Ethiopia: a five year retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Mother and newborn skin to skin contact in East Africa: Prevalence and predictors (2019-2023).PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Survival status and predictors of mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit at Bichena Primary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Community Perceptions of Neonatal Infection in Uganda.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Predictors of effective kangaroo mother care, exclusive breastfeeding, and skin-to-skin contact among low birthweight newborns in Amhara, Ethiopia.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Predictors of neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to NICU at Dubti General hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Perinatal care and its association with perinatal death among women attending care in three district hospitals of western Uganda.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThe majority (99%) of the children who die during the first 4 weeks of life do so in the poorer parts of the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In 2018, sub-Saharan Africa had a neonatal mortality rate of 28 deaths per 1000 live births. The purpose of the review was to explore and describe the trends of neonatal mortality within the two sub-Saharan countries.
methodsWe did a literature search in biomedical databases of data published, in English, between Jan 1, 1975, and November 30, 2019. The databases included Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, PUBMED, OVID and Google scholar. The keywords used in the search: "Neonatal Survival", "Sub-Sahara", "Kenya" and "South Africa".
resultsThe search generated 2209 articles of which only 27 met the inclusion criteria. The present study qualitatively analysed data. Data were presented and organized under two thematic domains: 1) trends of national neonatal mortality rates in South Africa and Kenya and 2) causes of neonatal mortality.
conclusionThe current review results noted that in 2018, the neonatal mortality rate for Kenya was 19.6 deaths per 1000 live births. The neonatal mortality rate has fallen gradually from 35.4 deaths per 1000 live births in 1975. On the other hand, South Africa has had its neonatal mortality rate fall from 27.9 deaths per 1000 live births in 1975 to 10.7 deaths per 1000 live births in 2018. Most neonatal deaths resulted in preterm birth complications followed by intrapartum-related events for the two countries. Within the sub-Saharan region, disparities exist as neonates born in South Africa are more likely to survive during the neonatal period compared to Kenya.
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