Abstract

Survival Status and Predictors of Neonatal Mortality among Neonates Who were Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Author(s): Dessu S

Neonatal mortality is the death of new-born occurring within the 28th day of life. Almost 2/3rd of infant deaths occur in the 1st month of life, among these, more than 2/3rd dies in their 1st week and among those also, 2/3rd dies in their 1st 24 hours. The objective of this study was to assess the survival status and predictors of Neonatal mortality among Neonates admitted in the Neonatal intensive care unit of Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia