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Low birth weight (LBW) is the major risk factor for child deaths during the neonatal period, yet only 5% of babies are weighed at birth in Ethiopia. The aim of the present study was to determine the magnitude and risk of dying among low birth weight neonates in rural Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia
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Why is it important?
The critical challenge of programs and interventions in Ethiopia remains to be a paucity of comprehensive community-based evidence as many of the neonatal deaths happen at home (not more than 5% of babies are weighted at birth) and left undetected
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this paper helps to policy maker and service provider for designing aproprate interventions
Mr. Akine Abosetugn Eshete
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This page is a summary of: Magnitude and Risk of Dying among Low Birth Weight Neonates in Rural Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study, International Journal of Pediatrics, May 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9034952.
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