Feasibility of clinical newborn metabolic screening in a high-volume maternity center in Nepal

• Main Authors: Janine Y. Khan (Author), Kalpana U. Subedi (Author), Shailendra B. Karmacharya (Author), Prajwal Paudel (Author), Dharma S. Manandhar (Author), Rose Hennessy Garza (Author), Keith A. Dookeran (Author), Sunil R. Manandhar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Strategic action plans around newborn health evaluation are needed, to address the high neonatal mortality rate in Nepal. Surveillance systems, like Newborn Metabolic Screening (NBS), could reveal unrecognized drivers of neonatal death. NBS is not routinely performed in Nepal. Ou...