Aamer Imdad, Luke C. Mullany, Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen et al.
BACKGROUND: There is an increased risk of serious neonatal infection arising through exposure of the umbilical cord to invasive pathogen in home and facility births where hygienic practices are difficult to achieve. The World Health Organization currently recommends 'dry cord care' because of insuff...
Aamer Imdad, Faseeha Rehman, Evan W. Davis, Deepika Ranjit et al.
Abstract Background The last two decades have seen a significant decrease in mortality for children <5 years of age in low and middle‐income countries (LMICs); however, neonatal (age, 0–28 days) mortality has not decreased at the same rate. We assessed three neonatal nutritional interventions tha...
Zohra S Lassi, Aamer Imdad, Deepika Ranjit, Gamael Saint Surin et al.
Optimal nutrition plays a crucial role before, during and after pregnancy (Alfaradhi & Ozanne, 2011; Black et al., 2013; Ota, Hori, Mori, Tobe-Gai, & Farrar, 2015). Poor maternal nutritional status is a risk factor for serious foetal complications and the outcomes for the neonate, including intraute...