Publications by authors named "Asiruddin S"
Article Synopsis
- In 2013, approximately 2.8 million newborns died, highlighting the urgent need to focus on improving newborn health and reducing stillbirths as part of the Millennium Development Goals.
- A systematic prioritization exercise involving 200 researchers and 400 experts led to the identification of 205 research questions, which were evaluated by 91 specialists to determine the most critical areas for newborn health research from 2013 to 2025.
- The top research priorities emphasized enhancing known interventions like neonatal resuscitation, improving community health worker skills and diagnosis accuracy, as well as exploring advanced treatments for preterm babies, such as stable surfactant and new tocolytic agents.
Background: In high-income countries, national mortality audits are associated with improved quality of care, but there has been no previous systematic review of perinatal audit in low- and middle-income settings.
Objectives: To present a systematic review of facility-based perinatal mortality audit in low- and middle-income countries, and review information regarding community audit.
Results: Ten low-quality evaluations with mortality outcome data were identified.
Immediate and early postnatal care for mothers and newborns in rural Bangladesh.
J Health Popul Nutr
December 2006
The study evaluated the impact of essential newborn-care interventions at the household level in the Saving Newborn Lives project areas. Two household surveys were conducted following the 30-cluster sampling method using a structured questionnaire in 2002 (baseline) and 2004 (endline) respectively. In total, 3,325 mothers with children aged less than one year in baseline and 3,110 mothers in endline from 10 sub-districts were interviewed during each survey.
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