Open AccessPerinatal mortality and its prevention in rural Swaziland
Author(s) -
Vost Da
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v2i3.507
Subject(s) - perinatal mortality , medicine , asphyxia , developing country , affect (linguistics) , infant mortality , perinatal asphyxia , pediatrics , pregnancy , demography , family medicine , environmental health , population , psychology , economic growth , fetus , genetics , sociology , economics , biology , communication
Perinatal mortality is defined as the number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per thousand births. While diagnoses such as ‘prematurity’ or ‘intrapartum asphyxia’ are o f interest to midwives and doctors, they tell us very little about the basic reasons for these deaths. Of greater relevance to health workers in developing countries are what may be termed the ‘primary’ causes of mortality. These factors overlap and affec