Publications by authors named "E I Baya"
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- Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, are influenced by various interconnected factors, highlighted by the three-delay model that helps identify key areas for intervention.
- While the three-delay model focuses on vital issues like infections and complications during childbirth, it falls short in addressing primary prevention and the continuum of care surrounding hospitalization.
- The proposed five-pronged framework expands on this model by incorporating broader preventive strategies, improving healthcare-seeking behavior, enhancing the quality of care, and focusing on post-treatment follow-up, ultimately aiming for a more comprehensive approach to reducing maternal and neonatal health issues.
Home management is a very common approach to the treatment of illnesses such as malaria, acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis, diarrhoea and sexually transmitted infections, frequently through over-the-counter purchase of drugs from shops. Inappropriate drugs and doses are often obtained, but interventions to improve treatment quality are rare. An educational programme for general shopkeepers and communities in Kilifi District, rural Kenya was associated with major improvements in the use of over-the-counter anti-malarial drugs for childhood fevers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeonatal tetanus affects 1 in every 82 and kills 1 in every 110 infants born in the town of Juba, southern Sudan. It is also an important cause of death in adult life both in southern Sudan and in many other regions of the developing world. One vehicle of infection could be the fine string-like roots used to tie the cord.
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