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Major neonatal problems in EgyptOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The second half of the 20th century witnessed impressive reductions in the risk of under-five child mortality; the greatest reduction was for children after the first month of life. Neonatal deaths, estimated at approximately 4 million annually, now account for 38 percent of the world’s deaths of children under five. The fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aspires to a global target, by 2015, of reducing the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds (Lawn et al., 2005). Only 1 percent of neonatal deaths occur in high-income countries, whereas in low middle income countries (LMICs) the average NMR is 33 per 1,000 live births (Lawn et al., 2006). In Egypt, addressing infant and child health is a priority for the government. In 2001, the infant mortality ratio was estimated at 33 deaths per 1,000 live births, which is a significant reduction from 73 in 1997 and 76 in 1990. This represents an annual 6.9 percent decrease. According to Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS), IMR was 44 in 2000, down from 62 in 1990, which represents an annual decrease of 3.4 percent. It was also noted that IMR in rural areas was 1.5 times higher than in urban areas. Rural Upper Egypt had the highest IMR of 77.3, which is more than double that of the urban governorates. Neonatal mortality constituted almost 60 percent of all IMR in urban governorates and in Lower Egypt. However, there was no difference noted in Upper Egypt (El-Saharty et al., 2005).