Summary: Badaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): At least 32 children died in last 50 days due to an outbreak of unidentified infection in SNCU (
Sick Newborn Care Unit) ward of Badaun District Women's Hospital.
Summary: The deaths took place over a month between July 21 and August 20 in the
Sick Newborn Care Unit of the hospital
Impact of a district level
sick newborn care unit on neonatal neonatal mortality rate: 2-year follow-up.
Summary: Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 22 (ANI):Ee Despite the high infant mortality rates plaguing rural India, almost seven out of ten infants treated at the Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) operated district hospital G K General Hospital, Bhuj were discharged successfully, according to the government data available on
Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) website.
According to details, UNICEF has supported the government of Pakistan in establishing 38
Sick Newborn Care Units at public health facilities across the country.
Moreover, through Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH) Trust fund, 21
sick newborn care units have been established in high priority districts across the country as identified by provinces.