Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Indicators for Global Tracking of Newborn Care
PLoS Medicine, Volume 10, No. 5, Article e1001415, Year 2013
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Neonatal mortality accounts for 43% of under-five mortality. Consequently, improving newborn survival is a global priority. However, although there is increasing consensus on the packages and specific interventions that need to be scaled up to reduce neonatal mortality, there is a lack of clarity on the indicators needed to measure progress. In 2008, in an effort to improve newborn survival, the Newborn Indicators Technical Working Group (TWG) was convened by the Saving Newborn Lives program at Save the Children to provide a forum to develop the indicators and standard measurement tools that are needed to measure coverage of key newborn interventions. The TWG, which included evaluation and measurement experts, researchers, individuals from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations, and donors, prioritized improved consistency of measurement of postnatal care for women and newborns and of immediate care behaviors and practices for newborns. In addition, the TWG promoted increased data availability through inclusion of additional questions in nationally representative surveys, such as the United States Agency for International Development-supported Demographic and Health Surveys and the United Nations Children's Fund-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Several studies have been undertaken that have informed revisions of indicators and survey tools, and global postnatal care coverage indicators have been finalized. Consensus has been achieved on three additional indicators for care of the newborn after birth (drying, delayed bathing, and cutting the cord with a clean instrument), and on testing two further indicators (immediate skin-to-skin care and applications to the umbilical cord). Finally, important measurement gaps have been identified regarding coverage data for evidence-based interventions, such as Kangaroo Mother Care and care seeking for newborn infection. © 2013 Moran et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moran, Allisyn C.
United States, Fairfield
Save the Children Usa
Kerber, Kate J.
United Kingdom, London
Save the Children Fund
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Sitrin, Deborah
United States, Fairfield
Save the Children Usa
Guenther, Tanya
United States, Fairfield
Save the Children Usa
Morrissey, Claudia S.
United States, Fairfield
Save the Children Usa
Newby, Holly
United States, New York
United Nations
Fishel, Joy
United States, Fairfax
Icf International Inc.
Yoder, P. Stanley
United States, Fairfax
Icf International Inc.
Hill, Zelee Elizabeth
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Lawn, Joy E.
United Kingdom, London
Save the Children Fund
Statistics
Citations: 75
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001415
ISSN:
15491277
e-ISSN:
15491676
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Female