Open AccessEvaluation of the cognitive effect of newborn resuscitation training on health-care workers in selected states in Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Lawal Waisu Umar,
Hafsat Rufai Ahmad,
Abdulkadir Isah,
Hafsat W Idris,
Laila Hassan,
Fatima Abdullahi,
Hassan Ishaku,
A Yakubu,
Abubakar Muhammad Zubairu,
Jane Alison Jobling
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_47_17
Subject(s) - medicine , resuscitation , cognition , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , training (meteorology) , emergency medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , psychiatry , physics , meteorology
Neonatal deaths contribute significantly to slower progress in under-5 mortality reduction. Lack of sufficiently trained birth assistants partly contributes to early neonatal deaths. Resuscitation training equips frontline health-care workers (HCWs) with requisite knowledge and skills to prevent birth asphyxia.