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A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis
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孕产妇和新生儿的破伤风
Martha H Roper1, Jos H Vandelaer, François L Gasse
1Weybridge, VT, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 15, 2007
概括
孕产妇和新生儿结节炎导致全球显著的死亡率,特别是在发展中国家. 预防这些疾病需要广泛的毒素疫苗接种和改善医疗保健基础设施,以便长期消除.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防传染病 预防传染病
- 全球卫生安全 全球卫生安全
背景情况:
- 孕产妇和新生儿结节炎 (MNT) 对全球孕产妇和新生儿死亡率做出了重大贡献,每年约有18万例死亡,主要发生在发展中国家.
- 尽管有有效的预防方法,如用毒素疫苗和无菌护理实践对母亲进行免疫接种,但MNT仍然是48个国家的持续性公共卫生问题,主要是在亚洲和非洲.
研究的目的:
- 为了突出全球持续的孕产妇和新生儿结节炎的负担.
- 强调"消除孕产妇和新生儿结核病倡议"在支持各国消除MNT方面的作用.
- 强调需要强大的医疗保健基础设施和通用服务,以持续消除MNT.
主要方法:
- 全球与孕产妇和新生儿结节炎相关的死亡率数据的综述.
- 描述"消除母亲和新生儿结核病倡议"所采用的策略.
- 分析导致MNT持续存在的因素以及长期消除的要求.
主要成果:
- 孕产妇和新生儿风导致大量死亡,几乎所有死亡发生在发展中国家.
- 在重症监护医院的结患者的生存率有所提高,但在高负担地区,这些设施往往无法进入.
- 孕产妇和新生儿疹消除倡议正在积极工作,为流行地区的生育年龄妇女提供疹毒素免疫.
结论:
- 全球消除孕产妇和新生儿结节炎是最终目标.
- 维持MNT消除需要改善免疫和医疗服务基础设施,以及普遍获得这些服务.
- 全球致力于减少母婴死亡率的承诺可以推动长期消除MNT所需的系统变化.
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