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Neonatal intensive care in a Karen refugee camp: a 4 year descriptive study.

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A third of all deaths in children aged <5 years occur in the neonatal period. Neonatal intensive care is often considered too complex and expensive to be implemented in resource poor settings. Consequently the reductions that have been made in infant mortality in the poorest countries have not been made in the neonatal period. This manuscript describes the activities surrounding the introduction of special care baby unit (SCBU) in a refugee setting and ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0072721

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author

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Publisher:
PLoS
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PLoS One More from this journal
Volume:
8
Issue:
8
Pages:
e72721
Publication date:
2013-08-22
Acceptance date:
2013-07-12
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ISSN:
1932-6203
Pmid:
23991145
Language:
English
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pubs:420999
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uuid:3bd39e6d-e74a-4b3d-86dd-f6a064fcddec
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pubs:420999
Source identifiers:
420999
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2016-09-24

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