neonatal tetanus

In the last 10 years deaths from neonatal tetanus have been cut from just over a million a year to half that figure.

His early work in growth monitoring, child survival and neonatal tetanus was widely cited within the primary health care community.

The biggest problem is neonatal tetanus, which follows contamination of the cut umbilical cord.

Neonatal tetanus accounts for a smaller proportion of deaths (7 percent), but is easily preventable.

In neonatal tetanus, symptoms usually appear from 4 to 14 days after birth, averaging about 7 days.

Article: Validation of elimination: maternal and neonatal tetanus in Mozambique, 2010.

The WHO certifies countries as having eliminated maternal or neonatal tetanus.

The World Health Organization estimates that 59,000 newborns worldwide died in 2008 as a result of neonatal tetanus.

Assessing progress towards maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in Sierra Leone...

Tetanus toxoids appear safe during pregnancy and are administered in many countries of the world to prevent neonatal tetanus.

One quarter of all children die before the age of 5 as a result of birth trauma, neonatal tetanus diarrhea, pneumonia, and vaccine-preventable diseases.

The effects of maternal malaria and HIV-1 infection on the effort to eliminate neonatal tetanus [Editorial].

Dedicated IFFIm funding also played a significant role in combating 600,000 cases of meningitis and maternal and neonatal tetanus.

"Unicef and others have strategies for dealing with neonatal tetanus," Mr. Lyons, a former Unicef official, said in an interview on Thursday.

Four vaccine-preventable diseases were responsible for 98% of vaccine-preventable deaths: measles, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b, pertussis, and neonatal tetanus.

Neonatal tetanus is common in many developing countries and is responsible for about 14% (215,000) of all neonatal deaths, but is very rare in developed countries.

Unicef says that its campaign can effectively eliminate neonatal tetanus as a health hazard if the organization can raise $100 million to inoculate 100 million women by 2005.

Countries where we're still dealing with maternal and neonatal tetanus include India, China, parts of Southeast Asia, parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Moreover, there were no reported cases in children under five years of age, and, unlike Africa, there have been no cases of neonatal tetanus for more than 30 years.

Natascha McElhone, the Hollywod actress, went to Angola with Unicef to highlight its campaign to tackle maternal and neonatal tetanus around the world.

Prevalence of some diseases is declining, including the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus and a sharp reduction in malaria morbidity, mortality rate, and specific lethality.

Routine immunization delivery often includes vaccination against maternal and neonatal tetanus, pneumonia, meningitis, and rotavirus, as well as the provision of other newly developed but underused vaccines.

Salma Hayek received the Smart Cookie award for her work as a spokesperson for UNICEF's Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus .

Hayek has worked with the Procter & Gamble Company and UNICEF to promote the funding (through disposable diaper sales) of vaccines against maternal and neonatal tetanus.