Neonatal inpatient dataset for small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic development and multi-country operationalisation with NEST360
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Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) coverage target 4 necessitates national scale-up of Level-2 Small and Sick Newborn Care (SSNC) (with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)) in 80% of districts by 2025. Routine neonatal inpatient data is important for improving quality of care, targeting equity gaps, and enabling data-driven decision-making at individual, district, and national-levels. Existing neonatal inpatient datasets vary in purpose, size, definitions, and collection processes. We describe the co-design and operationalisation of a core inpatient dataset for use to track outcomes and improve quality of care for small and sick newborns in high-mortality settings.
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Cross, J. H., Bohne, C., Ngwala, S. K., Shabani, J., Wainaina, J., Dosunmu, O., Kassim, I., Penzias, R. E., Tillya, R., Gathara, D., Zimba, E., Ezeaka, V. C., Odedere, O., Chiume, M., Salim, N., Kawaza, K., Lufesi, N., Irimu, G., Tongo, O. O., … with NEST360 Neonatal Inpatient Dataset Learning Group. (2023). Neonatal inpatient dataset for small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic development and multi-country operationalisation with NEST360. BMC Pediatrics, 23(2), 567. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04341-2