Background: In 1988, WHO estimated around 787,000 newborns deaths due to neonatal tetanus. Despite few success stories majority of the Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are still struggling to ...

Through a successful vaccination campaign, South Sudan and Sudan have achieved Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE), a significant public health milestone.

In 2023, the World Health Organization announced that Mali had successfully eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), an excruciating disease that kills tens of thousands of infants every year.

In a major public health feat, WHO South-East Asia Region has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus with all districts across the 11 countries having reduced the cases to less one than per 1 000 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that all its member countries in the Southeast Asian region have eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus. Neonatal tetanus, a form of generalized tetanus, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination has been achieved by 80% of the 59 countries identified in 1999 as ...

In 2012, a 12-day-old boy (we will call him "Baby Boy") in Assam's Sivasagar district could not be given his feed because he had lockjaw his face muscles went rigid, making it impossible for him to ...

Sindh province has been officially certified as free from maternal and neonatal tetanus, marking a significant achievement in Pakistan's health system. This milestone was announced during a debriefing ...

China has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as part of efforts to improve the health of mothers and children, the World Health Organization has confirmed. The elimination has been confirmed via ...

India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus. It has been reduced to less than one case per 1000 live births across the country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated adding India to ...

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Bihar free of maternal and neonatal tetanus. Though the number of deaths is low, high mortality rate was a major concern. Poor rate of institutional ...

Data from Pakistan suggests that under-five mortality rates have declined from 117 to 94 per 1000 live births during 1991–2007. However, the neonatal mortality rates have remained almost static from ...