Spatiotemporal patterns and factors contributing to neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: Data from EDHS 2000 to 2019
The central southern, central-western, north-western, and northern parts of Ethiopia had most of the neonatal death clusters in the first three rounds of DHS while eastern Ethiopia had the highest neonatal mortality clusters in the latest two surveys. Our results underscore the importance for policymakers and health administrators to reassess intervention approaches and reallocate resources to regions identified as hot spots for neonatal mortality. Enhancing the initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth would improve newborn survival rates. Special attention and care need to be given to babies born of smaller sizes.
Authors
- Jemal Ebrahim Shifa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6764-3022)
- Addisu Alehegn Alemu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-6635)
- Habtamu Mellie Bizuayehu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1360-4909)
- Getiye Dejenu Kibret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-5744)
- Kedir Y. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3797-5234)
- Meless G. Bore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8210-2726)
- Zemenu Yohannes Kassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3496-7493)
- Abel Fekadu Dadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-7713)
- Daniel Bekele Ketema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-7814)
- Cheru Tesema Leshargie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3399-2803)
- Kalkidan Hassen Abate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-2111)
- Animut Alebel
- Erkihun Amsalu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5072-9998)
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Charles Sturt University (AU)
- Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ET)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Hawassa University (ET)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Menzies School of Health Research (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (ET)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Debre Markos University (ET)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310276
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00