Publication Date: 2022/11/29
Abstract: In 2013, NT was estimated to be responsible for 49,000 deaths, mostly in rural areas of developing countries where most births occurred at home and are often attended by unskilled persons using unhygienic practices without aseptic postnatal care. Objective: The study aimed to determine risk factors for neonatal tetanus admission at the Liberian Government Hospital, Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County. Methods: Aretrospective studydesign consisted of 53 neonates’ files checked or reviewed from January to December 2021.With this, eleven (11) %6(n=53) of neonates were admitted and diagnosed with neonatal tetanus at the hospital during the period under view. Results: The study found that home deliveries were the most risk factors in the rural areas accounted for 67%(4) (n=6)which might likely contribute to the neonatal tetanus.District # 2 had the highest prevalence rate of 50%(3) (n=6) of neonatal tetanus admission. Conclusion: Maternal TT uptake is very low at the rural area than urban area and more home deliveries are conducted in the rural areas which require stakeholder’s intervention to mitigate the cases of NT in Grand Bassa and Liberia at large.
Keywords: Factors,Neonatal Tetanus, AdmissionCase Study, Liberian Government Hospital.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7374688
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT22OCT1089_(1).pdf
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