Neonatal tetanus in South Sudan: a case series
Our primary focus as a nation is to improve access to quality health services and the prevention of neonatal tetanus through encouraging appropriate antenatal care, facility delivery, clean delivery and healthy umblical cord care practices, and tetanus vaccinations in teenage girls and young adults. When prevention fails, there is a need for neonatal intensive care with recommended medicines to significantly decrease mortality in this preventable tragic illness.
Authors
- Kenneth LL Sube
- Justin Bruno Tongun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8884-2859)
- Joseph Lako
- Amanda Bb Madison
Institutions
- University of Juba (SS)
- John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology (SS)
- Al-Sabah Hospital (KW)
- Catholic University of South Sudan (SS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.11
- Primary Topic
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00