Assessment of Newborn Survival in Telangana, India: Improvement Noted after the Intervention | Chapter 16 | Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 6

 Pregnant women's health is crucial to human survival because life begins in the mother's womb, and the intrauterine environment determines the health of the new offspring. Around a quarter of all newborn deaths occur in the United States. According to the 2016 Sample Registration Survey (SRS), neonatal mortality accounts for 70.58 percent of all baby fatalities and 60.5 percent of all deaths in children under the age of five in the country. Telangana has a neonatal mortality rate of 16.8 deaths per 1000 live births. Telangana's biggest concern has been a stagnant Infant Mortality Rate of 27.7/1000 Live Births (National Family Health Survey-4), with Neonatal Mortality accounting for 70% of the total. Prematurity and low birth weight account for 48% of infant mortality, followed by birth asphyxia and trauma (13%), pneumonia (12%), sepsis (5.4%), congenital abnormalities (4%), and diarrhoea (3%). (3 percent ). Neonatal survival is influenced by maternal health in general and prenatal care in particular. Other variables contributing to increased neonatal mortality include maternal malnutrition, insufficient antenatal care, a high proportion of unsupervised home deliveries, substandard care during institutional deliveries, and a large proportion of low birth weight neonates. To improve newborn survival, we need a well-designed programme with clear objectives and deadlines, as well as a fast-track approach. The need of the hour is for a well-designed package of interventions, spanning from the urgent imperative of delivering quality neonatal treatment to a long-term approach aimed at improving the health condition of girls. To improve newborn care, it is critical to improve quality of life, provide universal access to healthcare, develop health care systems, and establish perinatal/neonatal centres of excellence at all Government medical institutions. For better outcomes, effective use of information technology to connect peripheral health clinics with tertiary centres will promote mentoring and supportive supervision.

Author(S) Details

T. Usha Rani
Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India.

Venkateswara Rao Jampana
Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India.

Vasudeva Murali Machiraju
Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India.

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