HSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Preterm Birth, Birth Weight, Chud
17 Dec 2015
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Many of child deaths can be prevented through simple and low-cost interventions. Pneumonia and diarrhea are the leading causes of death of under-5 children followed by the complications of preterm birth. Caring for underweight babies in low resource settings. Preterm delivery: live birth before 37 weeks of completed gestation. Kangaroo mother care for low birthweight babies in indonesia. Increasingly proposed as an alternative to conventional neonatal care for premature and low birthweight infants. Involves skin to skin contact between a mother and her newborn, frequent or exclusive breastfeeding and early discharge form the hospital: benefits => baby kept warm from skin to skin contact, improves psychological bond, baby can nurse on demand. Designed to accommodate the conditions of healthcare facilities in low-income countries (with budgets and resources) Pneumonia: leading cause of death of children in developing countries. To finance the vaccine, countries eligible for gavi funding can currently access the vaccine below us market price.
