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J. Wainaina

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Outborn Neonates in Nairobi's Public Hospitals: Mortality Burden and Risk Factors

Outborn neonates in Nairobi’s public hospitals face substantially higher early mortality, primarily driven by low birth weight, hypothermia, respiratory distress, and longer referral distances.

J. Wainaina, J. Gachohi, J. Aluvaala · Wellcome Open Research · 0 citations

Open access Jul 2026

Neonatal admissions and mortality: a statistical adjustment approach using birthweight-specific curves to address bias due to underreporting in 65 hospitals in four African countries

Underreporting of neonatal admissions and deaths – particularly among < 1000 g newborns – compromises the plausibility of in-patient neonatal mortality rate (iNMR) estimates. This limits progress tracking, since 2.3 million neonatal deaths occur annually, and 65 countries are projected to miss the Sustainable Dev...

L. Malla, Siu Nam Wong, S. Ngwala et al. · Population Health Metrics · 0 citations