Three cases of neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea sets ground for development of national plan for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination
| Autor: | Gerard Pai Sui, Adeline Sitther, Siddharta Sankar Datta, Steven Toikilik, Laura Guarenti, Grace Kariwiga, Roland Barnabas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal. 4:44-47 |
| ISSN: | 2094-7313 2094-7321 |
| DOI: | 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.1.008 |
| Popis: | Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. In 2011 three neonatal tetanus cases were investigated in Papua New Guinea and all three cases were delivered at home by untrained assistants. The babies were normal at birth but subsequently developed spasms. A neonatal tetanus case must be viewed as a sentinel event indicating a failure of public health services including immunization antenatal care and delivery care. The confirmation of these cases led to the drafting of the Papua New Guinea National Action Plan for Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination. This included three rounds of a tetanus toxoid supplementary immunization campaign targeting women of childbearing age (WBCA) and strengthening of other clean delivery practices. The first immunization round was conducted in April and May 2012 targeting 1.6 million WBCA and achieved coverage of 77%. The government of Papua New Guinea should ensure detailed investigation of all neonatal tetanus cases reported in the health information system and perform subprovincial analysis of tetanus toxoid coverage following completion of all three immunization rounds. Efforts also should be made to strengthen clean delivery practices to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea. |
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