| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1541-1547 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | The Lancet |
| Volume | 367 |
| Issue number | 9521 |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 May 2006 |
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In: The Lancet, Vol. 367, No. 9521, 06.05.2006, p. 1541-1547.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - 1 year after The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series-was the call for action heard?
AU - Lawn, Joy E.
AU - Cousens, Simon N.
AU - Darmstadt, Gary L.
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Martines, Jose
AU - Paul, Vinod
AU - Knippenberg, Rudolf
AU - Fogstad, Helga
N1 - Funding Information: There have been some positive developments. A study in Ghana 15 advances our understanding of the benefits of early breastfeeding on neonatal survival. A trial of community mobilisation and behaviour-change communications to promote simple essential practices for newborn care in the home and community has shown a 50% reduction in neonatal mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. 16 Benefits from chlorhexidine cleaning of the newborn umbilical cord 17 and sunflower oil 18,19 for preterm babies have shown promise for potential scalability. Several trials funded by Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children phase 1, USAID, and the Burroughs–Wellcome Fund are close to completion. The largest paediatric research meeting in the world, organised by the Pediatric Academic Societies in 2005, included a special session on birth asphyxia in developing countries, and in 2006, the meeting will include neonatal infections in low-resource countries. The newly established Asian Society for Pediatric Research also focused on the challenges of global newborn care and survival during its inaugural meeting. WHO is planning several studies in Africa to investigate packages for community-based newborn care. Funding Information: JL and GD are supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through a grant to Save the Children Federation for the Saving Newborn Lives Initiative. We thank Anne Tinker from Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children–USA for comments on the draft.
PY - 2006/5/6
Y1 - 2006/5/6
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68587-5
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68587-5
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 16679168
AN - SCOPUS:33646167678
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 367
SP - 1541
EP - 1547
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 9521
ER -