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Eliminating neonatal disease in rural South African province studied.(Brief Article)
2002 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Modifying some cultural practices could have significant impact in reducing neonatal tetanus in the rural province of Mpumalanga, South Africa, according to a study from the Medical University of South Africa.
"Neonatal tetanus (NNT) is a serious but preventable disease, and the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to eliminate NNT globally by reducing its incidence to
Idema and colleagues studied "the completeness of the passive notification system" and investigated why, despite a vaccine program in the area, NNT cases still occur (Neonatal tetanus elimination in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Trop Med Int Health, 2002;7(7):622-624).
"We reviewed all hospital admissions in the province between 1996 and 2000 meeting the case definition for NNT and interviewed mothers of the NNT cases reported in 2000. We identified 26 NNT cases, of which only 14 (54%) were reported through the routine notification system," the researchers wrote.
They found that "[m]ost cases occurred as a result of the cultural practice of applying cow dung or rat feces to the umbilical stump in the neonatal period.
"Although all districts ...
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