Three cases of neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea lead to development of national action plan for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination

• Main Authors: Grace Kariwiga (Author), Steven Toikilik (Author), Laura Guarenti (Author), Adeline Sitther (Author), Roland Barnabas (Author), Siddharta Sankar Datta (Author), Gerard Pai Sui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. In 2011, three neonatal tetanus cases were investigated in Papua New Guinea, and all three cases were delivered at home by untrained assistants. The babies were normal a...