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. 2024 Feb 28;23(Suppl 1):646. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-03890-w

Table 3.

List of neonatal evidence-based interventions

Period of risk EBI
Preconception Folic acid supplementation
Antenatal Tetanus vaccination
Malaria prevention and treatment Intermittent presumptive treatment
Insecticide-treated bed nets
Iodine supplementation (in endemic iodine deficient settings)
4 or more antenatal visits (ANC4)
Prevention and treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia Antihypertensive treatment for severe hypertension
Magnesium sulfate
Early delivery
Intrapartum Antibiotics for preterm premature rupture of membranes
Corticosteroids for preterm labor
C-section for breech or obstructed labor
Active management of delivery (including partograph)
Clean delivery practices (incl. clean cord-cutting)
Trained birth attendant
Facility-based delivery
Basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC)
Comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (CEmONC)
Timely transport for higher level care for mother
Postnatal Newborn resuscitation
Immediate breastfeeding
Prevention and management of hypothermia Immediate drying and wrapping
Delayed bathing
Skin-to-skin
Baby warming
Kangaroo care for LBW/prematurity
Timely transport for higher level care for mother
Post-partum visits to identify danger signs and provide active referral
Antibiotics for suspected or confirmed infection
Surfactant therapy for respiratory distress syndrome and prematurity
Neonatal intensive care units (equipped, trained staff, standards and protocols established and followed)