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R. Richards-Kortum

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Open access Oct 2026

Physicians' Industrial Action: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis Assessing Impact in 11 Kenyan Neonatal Units

Background. Skilled healthcare workers are essential for neonatal survival; however, the Kenyan public health system has historically faced strikes compounded by a human resource crisis. Evidence on how strikes affect neonatal care and mortality remains limited. This study evaluated changes in neonatal admissions, clin...

C. Manyasi, M. Paral, J. Wainaina et al. · medRxiv · 0 citations

Open access Jul 2026

Design and pilot clinical evaluation of a low-cost, continuous respiratory monitor for newborns

Preterm newborns are highly vulnerable to respiratory complications and require close respiratory rate (RR) monitoring. However, in low-resource settings (LRS), continuous RR monitors are not widely available. Thus, the World Health Organization recommends that clinicians manually count a newborn's breaths for 60 secon...

J. Coyle, A. Amin, J. Bailey et al. · medRxiv · 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