RESUMEN
Despite a substantial decline in childhood mortality rates in South Africa (SA), progress in neonatal mortality reduction has been much slower. Severe bacterial infections remain a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and a direct cause of 13.1% of neonatal deaths among babies >1 kg. The incidence of hospital-acquired infections, antimicrobial resistance and outbreaks of infections in SA neonatal units is substantial, and is possibly higher than the currently available estimates. The SA Neonatal Sepsis Task Force was launched in Port Elizabeth, SA, on 13 September 2019 to provide technical advice and guidance on surveillance for neonatal sepsis, infection prevention, case management, antimicrobial stewardship and containment of neonatal unit outbreaks.
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Comités Consultivos , Programas de Optimización del Uso de los Antimicrobianos , Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal , Sepsis Neonatal/epidemiología , Sepsis Neonatal/prevención & control , Infección Hospitalaria/epidemiología , Infección Hospitalaria/prevención & control , Brotes de Enfermedades , Farmacorresistencia Microbiana , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Control de Infecciones , Vigilancia de la Población , Sudáfrica/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The Perinatal Problem Identification Programme (PPIP) was designed and developed in South Africa as a facility audit tool for perinatal deaths. It has been used by only a few hospitals since the late 1990s, but since the country's commitment to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4-the use of PPIP is now mandatory for all facilities delivering pregnant mothers and caring for newborns. To date 588 sites, representing 73% of the deliveries captured by the District Health Information System for South Africa, provide data to the national database at the Medical Research Council Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies in Pretoria.
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Mortalidad Perinatal , Recolección de Datos , Humanos , Lactante , Auditoría Médica , Atención Perinatal/normas , Vigilancia de la Población/métodos , Mejoramiento de la Calidad/organización & administración , Servicios de Salud Rural/organización & administración , Sudáfrica/epidemiología , Mortinato/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is an gastro-intestinal emergency occurring almost solely in preterm, low birth weight infants. Mortality, morbidity and the complication rate are high. An increase in NEC at the Groote Schuur Hospital nursery in 2008 prompted a change of practice, resulting in a significant decrease in the condition.