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Progress towards Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) implementation in Iran: obstacles and bottlenecks

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العنوان: Progress towards Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) implementation in Iran: obstacles and bottlenecks
المؤلفون: Fariba Mirbaha-Hashemi, Batool Tayefi, Zahra Rampisheh, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi, Mozhdeh Ramezani, Narjes Khalili, Omid Pournik, Rahim Taghizadeh-Asl, Abbas Habibelahi, Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
المصدر: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Gynecology and obstetrics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Community health, Health equity, Health services development, Health systems, Neonatal health, Qualitative research, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
الوصف: Abstract Background Neonatal mortality accounts for more than 47% of deaths among children under five globally but proper care at and around the time of birth could prevent about two-thirds of these deaths. The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) offers a plan and vision to improve and achieve equitable and high-quality care for mothers and newborns. We applied the bottleneck analysis tool offered by ENAP to identify obstacles and bottlenecks hindering the scale-up of newborn care across seven health system building blocks. Methods We applied the every newborn bottleneck analysis tool to identify obstacles hindering the scale-up of newborn care across seven health system building blocks. We used qualitative methods to collect data from five medical universities and their corresponding hospitals in three provinces. We also interviewed other national experts, key informants, and stakeholders in neonatal care. In addition, we reviewed and qualitatively analyzed the performance report of neonatal care and services from 16 medical universities around the country. Results We identified many challenges and bottlenecks in the scale-up of newborn care in Iran. The major obstacles included but were not limited to the lack of a single leading and governing entity for newborn care, insufficient financial resources for neonatal care services, insufficient number of skilled health professionals, and inadequate patient transfer. Conclusions To address identified bottlenecks in neonatal health care in Iran, some of our recommendations were as follows: establishing a single national authorizing and leading entity, allocating specific budget to newborn care, matching high-quality neonatal health care providers to the needs of all urban and rural areas, maintaining clear policies on the distribution of NICUs to minimize the need for patient transfer, and using the available and reliable private sector NICU ambulances for safe patient transfer.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1471-2393
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03800-x
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/f09b184af7f24747a4ef23cb773a198a
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.f09b184af7f24747a4ef23cb773a198a
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14712393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-021-03800-x