Causes and age of neonatal death and associations with maternal and newborn care characteristics in Nepal: a verbal autopsy study

• Main Authors: Daniel J. Erchick (Author), Johanna B. Lackner (Author), Luke C. Mullany (Author), Nitin N. Bhandari (Author), Purusotam R. Shedain (Author), Sirjana Khanal (Author), Jyoti R. Dhakwa (Author), Joanne Katz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Nepal, neonatal mortality fell substantially between 2000 and 2018, decreasing 50% from 40 to 20 deaths per 1,000 live births. Nepal's success has been attributed to a decreasing total fertility rate, improvements in female education, increases in coverage of skilled care...