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Review
. 2020 Mar;7(1):2-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.02.004. Epub 2020 Feb 18.

Review of the evidence for interventions to reduce perinatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries

Vivek V Shukla  1 , Waldemar A Carlo  1
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Review

Review of the evidence for interventions to reduce perinatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries

Vivek V Shukla et al. Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2020 Mar.

Erratum in

Abstract

Low- and middle-income countries contribute to the overwhelming majority of the global perinatal and neonatal mortality. There is a growing amount of literature focused on interventions aimed at reducing the healthcare gaps and thereby reducing perinatal and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries. The current review synthesizes available evidence for interventions that have shown to improve perinatal and neonatal outcomes. Reduction in important gaps in the availability and utilization of perinatal care practices is needed to end preventable deaths of newborns.

Keywords: Developing countries; Fetal; Mortality; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirth.

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Interventions and their effect on neonatal mortality. Not included in the Forest Plot are the meta-analysis that assessed individual cause specific mortality and those with unclear participant size. RR = risk ratio, OR = odds ratio.
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