Fundamentals of a safe and effective neonatal building design in a tropical LMIC setting
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Author(s)
Amadi, Hippolite
Kawuwa, Mohammed Bello
Abubakar, Amina L
Obaro, Stephen K
Amadi, Hippolite
Type
Chapter
Abstract
A safe and effective neonatal building is an aspect of Neonatal Rescue Scheme (NRS) concept as described in the literature. Observable habitual practices leading to various neonatal outcomes at tropical LMIC settings point to adverse facility-based mortality contributions from poor nursery layouts. Sadly, the negative impacts of building deficiencies are not well-understood or empirically quantified as tailored to the limitations in resource-constrained tropical climate. Lack of helpful building features may exacerbate high morbidity owing to adverse issues such as poor infection control, evening fever syndrome (EFS), noise pollution, medication safety, intra-ward traffic, nursing fatigue, and parental services. A tropical LMIC setting has the disadvantages of relative poverty, infrastructural inadequacies, and adverse equatorial climatic conditions, necessitating design-specific requirements for safe neonatal care. This chapter is proposed to explore the constraints, concepts, and features as integrated in some NRS nurseries at different tropical regions of Nigeria, which function to mitigate the climate, poor infrastructure, and societal poverty against neonatal survival.
Editor(s)
Barría, René Mauricio
Citation
Best Practices in Neonatal Care and Safety
ISBN
978-0-85466-098-8
Publisher
IntechOpen
Journal / Book Title
Best Practices in Neonatal Care and Safety
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Published online
Date Publish Online
2023-09-19