Executive summary Availability of health technology is inversely related to health need.
Although health-care systems in high-income countries make extensive use of technology …

Introduction The high neonatal mortality rate in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)
such as Nigeria has lasted for more than 30 years to date with associated nursing fatigue …

Premature birth and neonatal mortality are significant global health challenges, with 15
million premature births annually and an estimated 2.5 million neonatal deaths …

Materials and Methods: The study is a review of cases admitted into the neonatal unit of the
Jos University Teaching Hospital situated in the North Central part of Nigeria. The unit …

Introduction: Highest proportion of most vulnerable Nigeria neonates are concentrated in
hard-to-reach local villages without proper intervention devices owing to unavailable electric …

Background Incubators and radiant warmers are essential equipment in neonatal care, but
the typical 1,500 to 35,000 USD cost per device makes it unaffordable for many units in low …

Sub-Saharan African countries are notably among the nations with high neonatal mortality
(NNMR) and morbidity rates (WHO, 2009). A number of issues have been previously raised …

Nigeria has a record of high newborn mortality as an estimated 778 babies die daily,
accounting for a ratio of 48 deaths per 1000 live births. The aim of this paper was to show …

Nigeria did not achieve the millennium development goal (MDG) for the reduction of under-5
mortality (U5M) in 2015. Neonatal death still accounts for nearly 50% of U5M, hence …

Abstract The West African nation of Nigeria seems to have run out of ideas on how their
neona-tal mortality rate may be lowered. This situation has become dare as the country …