Gary L. Darmstadt

TL;DR: A package of priority interventions to include in programs is identified and research priorities for advancing the state of the art in neonatal health care are formulated for future research and program learning.

TL;DR: A socioculturally contextualised, community-based intervention, targeted at high-risk newborn-care practices, can lead to substantial behavioural modification and reduction in neonatal mortality.

TL;DR: Recommendations for dry cord care should be reconsidered on the basis of these findings that early antisepsis with chlorhexidine of the umbilical cord reduces local cord infections and overall neonatal mortality.

TL;DR: This research sought to identify inexpensive, safe, vegetable oils available in developing countries that improved epidermal barrier function and saw adverse ultrastructural changes seen under transmission electron microscopy in keratin intermediate filament, mitochondrial, nuclear, and nuclear envelope structure following a single application of mustard oil.

TL;DR: Stillbirths and deaths on the day of birth represent a large proportion of perinatal and neonatal deaths, highlighting an urgent need to improve coverage with skilled birth attendants and to ensure access to emergency obstetric care.