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Editorial
. 2017 Jun 27;5(2):177-179.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00201. Print 2017 Jun 27.

Reducing Sepsis Deaths in Newborns Through Home Visitation and Active Case Detection: Is it Realistic?

Stephen Hodgins  1 , Robert McPherson  2
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Editorial

Reducing Sepsis Deaths in Newborns Through Home Visitation and Active Case Detection: Is it Realistic?

Stephen Hodgins et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Severe bacterial infection remains one of the major causes of newborn deaths in low-income countries. A key challenge for reducing this burden is making definitive treatment more easily available. Active case detection through early postnatal home visits can work under trial conditions but is difficult to implement at scale under routine conditions. In many settings, making treatment available at peripheral-level primary health care facilities may be more feasible.

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