Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF

• Main Authors: Rebecca E. Penzias (Author), Christine Bohne (Author), Samuel K. Ngwala (Author), Evelyn Zimba (Author), Norman Lufesi (Author), Ekran Rashid (Author), Edith Gicheha (Author), Opeyemi Odedere (Author), Olabisi Dosunmu (Author), Robert Tillya (Author), Josephine Shabani (Author), James H. Cross (Author), Sara Liaghati-Mobarhan (Author), Msandeni Chiume (Author), George Banda (Author), Alfred Chalira (Author), John Wainaina (Author), David Gathara (Author), Grace Irimu (Author), Steve Adudans (Author), Femi James (Author), Olukemi Tongo (Author), Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka (Author), Georgina Msemo (Author), Nahya Salim (Author), Louise T. Day (Author), Timothy Powell-Jackson (Author), Jaya Chandna (Author), Maureen Majamanda (Author), Elizabeth M. Molyneux (Author), Maria Oden (Author), Rebecca Richards-Kortum (Author), Eric O. Ohuma (Author), Chris Paton (Author), Tedbabe Hailegabriel (Author), Gagan Gupta (Author), Joy E. Lawn (Author), with the Health Facility Assessment Technical Content Reviewers, Co-design Group, Health Facility Assessment Data Collection Learning Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Each year an estimated 2.3 million newborns die in the first 28 days of life. Most of these deaths are preventable, and high-quality neonatal care is fundamental for surviving and thriving. Service readiness is used to assess the capacity of hospitals to provide care, but current...