SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Mongolia: Results from a national population survey.

Background: With the global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in early 2020, Mongolia implemented rapid emergency measures and did not report local transmission until November 2020. We conducted a national seroprevalence survey to monitor the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in Mongolia in the months surrounding the first local transmission.

Methods: During October-December 2020, participants were randomly selected using age stratification and invited for interviews and blood samples at local primary health centres.

Maternal socio-demographic and psychological predictors for risk of developmental delays among young children in Mongolia.

Background: Factors influencing child development are not well studied in developing settings, and especially in Mongolia. This cohort study examined the relationship between maternal socio-demographic and psychological conditions on risk of young child developmental delay.

Methods: A total of 150 children aged between 13 ~ 24 months old participated in this study.

Hospitalization risk factors for children's lower respiratory tract infection: A population-based, cross-sectional study in Mongolia.

This study aimed to assess the potential risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)-related hospital admissions in Mongolian children. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in rural Mongolia in 2013, and 1,013 mother-child pairs were included. Of the participating children, 38.

Maternal and Child Health in Mongolia at 3 Years After Childbirth: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.

Objectives: In recent years Mongolia has made great advances towards Millennium Development Goals to reduce maternal and child mortality, however few studies have investigated maternal and child health status several years after childbirth. Our study aims to describe priority health issues in maternal and child health in Mongolia 3 years after childbirth, and key areas requiring further health policy development.

Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in Bulgan province, Mongolia.

An hour-specific transcutaneous bilirubin nomogram for Mongolian neonates.

Unlabelled: Transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) nomograms have been developed for different populations. However, the TcB level, rate of rise and peak varies among countries and ethnicities. The aim of this study was to establish an hour-specific TcB nomogram for healthy term and late preterm Mongolian neonates during the first 144 h after birth.

The quick and easy Mongolian Rapid Baby Scale shows good concurrent validity and sensitivity.

Aim: In developing countries, around 200 million children with poor development cannot excel academically. Detecting children with developmental delay is fundamental in targeting early interventions. As the lack of a convenient screening tool in Mongolia remains a significant barrier, we aimed to produce an easy-to-administer developmental screening tool in Mongolia and to validate it against an internationally recognised instrument, the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Third Edition (Bayley-III).

Validation of a transcutaneous bilirubin meter in Mongolian neonates: comparison with total serum bilirubin.

Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, especially kernicterus, can be prevented by screening for neonatal jaundice. The transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) meter is a non-invasive medical device for screening neonates. The study aimed to investigate the validity of a TcB meter in a resource-limited setting such as Mongolia.

Improving maternal and neonatal departments in high and low resource settings: the opinion of local health providers.

Aim: We compared local health caregivers' opinions regarding the priority areas for improving the maternal and neonatal departments in low and high resource countries.

Methods: Personnel involved in maternal and neonatal care operating in level III, teaching hospitals in four countries (Sri Lanka, Mongolia, USA, and Italy) were asked to fill out an anonymous, written questionnaire.

Results: The questionnaire was completed by 1112 out of 1265 (87.

Effects of traditional swaddling on development: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Evidence of the effects of tight, prolonged binding of infants on development is inconclusive and based on small ethnographic studies. The null hypothesis was that Mongolian infants not swaddled or swaddled tightly in a traditional setting (to >7 months of age) do not have significantly different scores for the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Second Edition (BSID-II).

Patients And Methods: In a randomized controlled trial, 1279 healthy newborns in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, were allocated at birth to traditional swaddling or nonswaddling.

Investments for medical equipment in a mother and child health hospital: correlation with level of services/departments.

Aim: To assess whether investments for medical equipments assigned by a team of experts to a mother and child health hospital located in Mongolia were correlated with structural, organizational, and educational level of its services/departments.

Methods: A score was used for evaluating the level of each service/department. It was based on a 'structural area' and an 'organizational and educational area'.