Feasibility of clinical newborn metabolic screening in a high-volume maternity center in Nepal

• DOI: 10.1186/s44263-024-00040-x
• Publication Date: 2024-02-09T00:14:03Z
• Authors: Janine Y. Khan; Kalpana U. Subedi; Shailendra B. Kar...; Prajwal Paudel; Dharma S. Manandhar; Rose Hennessy Garza; Keith A. Dookeran; Sunil R. Manandhar
• Keywords: Center (category theory)

Strategic action plans around newborn health evaluation are needed, to address the high neonatal mortality rate in Nepal. Surveillance systems, like Newborn Metabolic Screening (NBS), could reveal unrecognized drivers of death. NBS is not routinely performed Our objective was determine feasibility establishing NBS, and its acceptability among healthcare providers parents,