Population-based assessment of cardiovascular complications of rheumatic heart disease in Fiji: a record-linkage analysis.

Objective: To determine population-based rates of non-fatal complications of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

Design: Retrospective cohort study based on multiple sources of routine clinical and administrative data amalgamated by probabilistic record-linkage.

Setting: Fiji, an upper-middle-income country, where most of the population has access to government-funded healthcare services.

Prevention of young infant infections using oral azithromycin in labour in Fiji (Bulabula MaPei): study protocol of a randomised control trial.

Introduction: Infections are a leading cause of neonatal mortality globally and can be transmitted from mother-to-child vertically or horizontally. Fiji has higher rates of serious neonatal infections and infant skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) than high-income countries. Research from the Gambia found that a single dose of oral azithromycin in labour decreased bacterial carriage and infections in mothers and infants, particularly infant skin infections.