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Newborn care practices among slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a quantitative and qualitative exploratory study.

Allisyn C AC Moran, Nuzhat N Choudhury, Nazib N Uz Zaman Khan, Zunaid Z Ahsan Karar, Tasnuva T Wahed, Sabina S Faiz Rashid, and M Ashraful MA Alam

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professional Gro... (2009) PMID 19919700

Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace, especially in low-income countries. Dhaka, Bangladesh, is estimated to grow to 50 million by 2015, with 21 million living in urban slums. Although health services are available, neonatal mortality is higher in slum areas than in urban non-slum areas. The Manoshi program works to improve maternal, newborn, and child health in urban slums in Bangladesh. This paper describes newborn care practices in urban slums in Dhaka and provides program recommendations.

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DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-54
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