Perinatal Mortality

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Perinatal mortality refers to the no of deaths in the first week of life and no of fetal deaths (stillbirths). Causes and determinants of neonatal deaths and stillbirths differ from those causing and contributing to post neonatal and child deaths. Neonatal deaths and stillbirths stem from poor maternal health, inadequate care during pregnancy, inappropriate management of complications during pregnancy and delivery, poor hygiene during delivery and the first critical hours after birth, and lack of newborn care. Several factors such as women’s status in society, their nutritional status at the time of conception, early childbearing, too many closely spaced pregnancies and harmful practices, such as inadequate cord care, letting the baby stay wet and cold, discarding colostrum and feeding other food, are deeply rooted in the …show more content…

Many communities have adapted to this situation by not recognizing the birth as complete, and by not naming the child, until the newborn infant has survived the initial period. Health workers at primary and secondary level of care often lack the skills to meet the needs of newborn infants, since the recognition of opportunity is only just emerging in countries, and their experience in this area is therefore limited. 2.1 Neonatal deaths Babies die after birth because they are severely malformed, are born very prematurely, suffer from obstetric complications before or during birth, have difficulty adapting to extrauterine life, or because of harmful practices after birth that lead to infections. Around 1% of infants have a major congenital anomaly. These anomalies are more common in developing than in developed countries, especially those caused by diseases such as syphilis, or by nutrient deficiency, which leads to neural tube defects and cretinism. Low birth weight has long been debated as one of the causes of neonatal

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