Publications by authors named "Assaye Kassie Nigussie"
A prospective observational study of nurses performing minimally invasive tissue sampling of brain, liver, and lung tissues among deceased neonates and stillbirths in Ethiopia.
Lulu Mussa Muhe Christina R Paganelli Rahell Hailu Ayele Tigist Desta Amha Mekasha Assaye Kassie Nigussie
Front Pediatr
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- - Ethiopia is working to lower its neonatal mortality rate from 33 to 12 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030, necessitating improved understanding of neonatal mortality causes and new data collection methods like Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS).
- - Nurses were trained to perform MITS on neonatal deaths and stillbirths in both hospital and home settings, with results showing high agreement between nurse and pathologist sample collection in a tertiary hospital.
- - The adequacy of the samples collected by nurses was generally good, with over 72% meeting established criteria, highlighting the effectiveness of task-shifting to collect valuable mortality data.
Uncertainty about the causes of neonatal deaths impedes achieving global health targets to reduce mortality. Complete diagnostic autopsy (CDA) is the gold standard to determine cause of death. However, it is often difficult to perform in high-burden, low-income settings.
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