Sarah G. Moxon, Harriet Ruysen, Kate Kerber, Agbessi Amouzou et al.
BACKGROUND: The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP), launched in 2014, aims to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths, with national targets of ≤12 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births and ≤12 stillbirths per 1000 total births by 2030. This requires ambitious improvement of the data on care at ...
Ghada E. Saad, Jocelyn DeJong, Nancy Terreri, María Clara Restrepo–Méndez et al.
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) is critical for improving maternal and newborn health. WHO recommends that pregnant women complete at least four ANC visits. Countdown and other global monitoring efforts track the proportions of women who receive one or more visits by a skilled provider (ANC1+) and ...
Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study in...
Louise T. Day, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim et al.
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data an...
Kavita Singh, Shane M. Khan, Liliana Carvajal–Aguirre, Paul Brodish et al.
BACKGROUND: Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between mother and newborn offers numerous protective effects, however it is an intervention that has been under-utilized. Our objectives are to understand which newborns in Bangladesh and Nigeria receive SSC and whether SSC is associated with the early initiat...
César G. Victora, Jennifer Requejo, Ties Boerma, Agbessi Amouzou et al.
Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival began monitoring and analysing country progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 (reduce child mortality) and 5 (improve maternal health) to support a call to action stemming from The Lancet's Child Survival Series pub...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Nahya Salim, Josephine Shabani, Kimberly Peven et al.
BACKGROUND: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) reduces mortality among stable neonates ≤2000 g. Lack of data tracking coverage and quality of KMC in both surveys and routine information systems impedes scale-up. This paper evaluates KMC measurement as part of the Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Trac...
Agbessi Amouzou, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Jennifer Requejo, Cheikh Fayé et al.
Agbessi Amouzou, Stephanie A. Richard, Ingrid K. Friberg, Jennifer Bryce et al.
BACKGROUND: In the absence of planned efforts to target the poor, child survival programs often favour the rich. Further evidence is needed urgently about which interventions and programme approaches are most effective in addressing inequities. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is available and can be use...
Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
To achieve Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage, programmatic data are essential. The Every Newborn Action Plan, agreed by all United Nations member states and >80 development partners, includes an ambitious Measurement Improvement Roadmap. Quality of care at birth is prioriti...
Agbessi Amouzou, Vrinda Mehra, Liliana Carvajal–Aguirre, Shane M. Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: The postnatal period represents a vulnerable phase for mothers and newborns where both face increased risk of morbidity and death. WHO recommends postnatal care (PNC) for mothers and newborns to include a first contact within 24 hours following the birth of the child. However, measuring ...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Tazeen Tahsina, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Harriet Ruysen et al.
BACKGROUND: Immediate newborn care (INC) practices, notably early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF), are fundamental for newborn health. However, coverage tracking currently relies on household survey data in many settings. "Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals" (EN-BIRTH) ...
Shane M. Khan, Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Kavita Singh, Agbessi Amouzou et al.
BACKGROUND: Thermal care of newborns is one of the recommended strategies to reduce hypothermia, which contributes to neonatal morbidity and mortality. However, data on these two topics have not been collected at the national level in many surveys. In this study, we examine two elements of thermal c...
Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Elizabeth Hazel, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Adam D. Koon et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh experienced impressive reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality over the past several decades with annual rates of decline surpassing 4% since 2000. We comprehensively assessed health system and non-health factors that drove Bangladesh's success in mortality reduction. ME...
Shaza A. Fadel, Agbessi Amouzou
Children and adolescents aged 5–19 years have increasing threats to their health and wellbeing, with stark inequities for those living in areas where they face poverty, preventable injuries, conflict, and climate change.1Patton GC Sawyer SM Santelli JS et al.Our future: a Lancet commission on adoles...