Neonatal Mortality and Associated Factors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Gadarif Hospital, Eastern Sudan.

Background: Neonatal mortality is a serious public-health issue, especially in Sub-Saharan African countries. There are limited studies on neonatal mortality in Sudan; particularly, there are none on eastern Sudan. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the incidence, causes and associated factors for mortality among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Gadarif Hospital, eastern Sudan.

Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors of Essential Newborn Care among Sudanese Women in Eastern Sudan.

(1) Background: There is a high neonatal mortality rate in countries with low resources, especially sub-Saharan countries. There is no published data in Sudan on mothers' knowledge and practice of essential newborn care. This study aimed to assess the maternal knowledge and practice of essential newborn care in Gadarif city, eastern Sudan.

Patterns, Outcomes and Predictors of Pediatric Medical Admissions at Gadarif Hospital in Eastern Sudan.

Background: The reduction of childhood mortality is a reliable indicator of a national health system's progress and improvement. Sudan's population is still suffering from communicable diseases, with a considerably higher mortality rate among children. Efforts are therefore needed to reduce mortality and achieve the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals.

Severe childhood anemia and emergency blood transfusion in Gadarif Hospital, eastern Sudan.

Background: Anemia is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality, particularly among children. Management of anemia depends on causes and severity of anemia. However blood transfusion is a lifesaving intervention in severe and life-threatening anemia.

Poor adherence to the World Health Organisation guidelines of management of severe acute malnutrition in children 6 to 59 months of age at Kalakla Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) constitutes about a third of the estimated 8 million deaths in under 5-year-old children, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocol of management is used in hospital management. The present study aims to assess adherence to the WHO guidelines of management of SAM in children aged 6-59 months at Kalakla Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Medical records/files of 169 children, mean (standard deviation) age was 18.

Morbidity and mortality of severe malnutrition among Sudanese children in New Halfa Hospital, Eastern Sudan.

Medical files of children with severe malnutrition admitted at New Halfa hospital, Sudan during 2007-2009 were reviewed. A total of 1097 children (54.9%, 602 male) with severe malnutrition were admitted during the three year period.

Anaemia, folate, zinc and copper deficiencies among adolescent schoolgirls in eastern Sudan.

Anaemia is a widespread problem especially in the tropics. Among adolescent girls, it has negative consequences on growth, school performance, morbidity and reproductive performance. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of anaemia, iron, folate, zinc and copper deficiencies amongst adolescent schoolgirls in New Halfa, eastern Sudan, and to examine the relationship of these micronutrients with haemoglobin (Hb) levels.