Neonatal tetanus (trismus nascentium) is a form of generalised tetanus that occurs in newborns. Infants who have not acquired passive immunity from an immunized mother are at risk. It usually occurs through infection of the unhealed umbilical stump, particularly when the stump is cut with a non-sterile instrument. Neonatal tetanus mostly occurs in developing countries, particularly those with the least developed health infrastructure. It is rare in developed countries.[1]
The WHO recommend that unimmunized pregnant women receive tetanus toxoid in the pregnancy to prevent the disease in their baby once born.[2]
Globally, deaths from neonatal tetanus was 787,000 in the early 1980s.[2] In 1989, the WHO launched a programme to vaccinate all pregnant women, and deaths from neonatal tetanus dropped to 25,000 in 2018.[2]
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Neonataltetanus (trismus nascentium) is a form of generalised tetanus that occurs in newborns. Infants who have not acquired passive immunity from an...
and complete recovery may take months. Neonataltetanus (trismus nascentium) is a form of generalized tetanus that occurs in newborns, usually those born...
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initiative, The Eliminate Project, dedicated to wiping out maternal and neonataltetanus (MNT), which kills more than 100,000 babies worldwide each year. Until...
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polio-free status in 2006 and effectively eradicated the menace of neonataltetanus. Graduation to Upper Middle Income country by 2030 will be followed...
a third decade. Neonataltetanus is a concern during pregnancy for some women, and mothers are recommended a booster against tetanus during their pregnancy...
district, to globally eradicate poliomyelitis, to reduce maternal and neonataltetanus to an incidence rate of less than one case per 1,000 births by 2005...
deemed to have little impact on public health, such as the leprosy, neonataltetanus, or obstetric fistula campaigns.[citation needed] Other than Dracunculiasis...
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some diseases is declining, including the elimination of maternal and neonataltetanus and a sharp reduction in malaria morbidity, mortality rate, and specific...
fatal Tetanus is a medical emergency that requires hospitalization, immediate treatment with human tetanus immune globulin (TIG), the tetanus vaccine...
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starting during pregnancy to ensure protection against maternal and neonataltetanus. In such cases, administration of Tdap is recommended after 20 weeks'...
Barale A, Rivetti A (July 2015). "Vaccines for women for preventing neonataltetanus". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015 (7): CD002959....
stand alone against tetanus. Neonataltetanus kills nearly 50,000 newborns a year in sub-Saharan Africa. Rates of neonataltetanus fell by 25% in countries...
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1987. The last case of neonataltetanus was reported from Stann Creek District in 1997 and the last case of non-neonataltetanus was in a three-year-old...
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