Open AccessProcess of neonatal tetanus elimination in Nepal
Author(s) -
Jos Vandelaer,
Jamie Partridge,
B K Suvedi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp039
Subject(s) - neonatal tetanus , tetanus , medicine , public health , epidemiology , pediatrics , environmental health , nursing , immunology , vaccination
In late 2005, Nepal demonstrated through surveys that it had reached the World Health Organization criterion for having eliminated neonatal tetanus (NT), i.e. NT cases occurred at a rate of less than 1 per 1000 live births in every district. This paper summarizes how a combination of strategies contributed to this success.
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