Open AccessNeonatal mortality in a referral hospital in Cameroon over a seven year period: trends, associated factors and causes.
Author(s) -
ME Mah,
Andréas Chiabi,
PFL Tchokoteu,
Séraphin Nguefack,
JB Bogne,
H Siyou,
FF Soh,
Elie Mbonda,
P. F. Tchokoteu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v14i3.4
Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , pediatrics , neonatal sepsis , gestational age , infant mortality , mortality rate , birth weight , neonatal mortality , low birth weight , retrospective cohort study , referral , sepsis , pregnancy , obstetrics , population , surgery , environmental health , family medicine , biology , genetics
The fourth Millennium Development Goals targets reduction of the mortality rate of under-fives by 2/3 by the year 2015. This reduction starts with that of neonatal mortality representing 40% of childhood mortality. In Cameroon neonatal mortality was 31% in 2011.