2020
Association of Undernutrition and Neonatal, Infant and Under-5 Mortality: Evidence from 62 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
Ssentongo P, Lewcun J, Ssentongo A, Ba D, Fronterre C, Ericson J, Gernand A, Wang M, Du P, Chinchilli V, Schiff S. Association of Undernutrition and Neonatal, Infant and Under-5 Mortality: Evidence from 62 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. Current Developments In Nutrition 2020, 4: nzaa053_116. PMCID: PMC7258382, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa053_116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeonatal mortalityRelative riskMiddle-income countriesChild mortalityInfant mortalityRepresentative cross-sectional surveyAssociation of undernutritionMultivariate Poisson regression modelEarly childhood undernutritionCross-sectional surveyUnder-5 MortalityPoisson regression modelsMean durationLive birthsMortality incidenceMillennium Development Goals eraMortality rateResults OverallMDG 4Country-level prevalenceChildhood undernutritionInfantsMortalityBreastfeedingNational InstituteMicronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy, Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality in Uganda: A Causal Mediation Analysis
Ssentongo P, Ba D, Fronterre C, Ericson J, Gernand A, Wang M, Du P, Liao D, Chinchilli V, Schiff S. Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy, Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality in Uganda: A Causal Mediation Analysis. Current Developments In Nutrition 2020, 4: nzaa053_117. PMCID: PMC7257698, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa053_117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow birth weightIFA supplementationNeonatal mortalityBirth weightCausal mediation analysisIron/folic acid supplementsRisk of LBWPrevalence of LBWMaternal iron deficiency anemiaAntenatal IFA supplementationFolic acid supplementsSignificant risk factorsIron deficiency anemiaRetrospective birth cohortLinear dose-response relationshipDays of lifeRisk of VLBWDose-response relationshipIFA supplementsTerm infantsNeonatal deathMicronutrient supplementationRisk factorsHealth SurveyNeonatal survival
2018
Economic burden of neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa
Ranjeva S, Warf B, Schiff S. Economic burden of neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Global Health 2018, 3: e000347. PMID: 29564153, PMCID: PMC5859806, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisability-adjusted life yearsNeonatal sepsisEconomic burdenSuccessful treatmentAnnual economic burdenAnnual neonatal deathsYears of ageThird Sustainable Development GoalGlobal health agenciesNeonatal infectionNeonatal deathNeonatal mortalityDisease burdenPreventable deathsSepsisChild healthMortality ratePrevention strategiesLife yearsMedical literatureHealth agenciesBurdenPublic healthMortalityIncidence