During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.
During that time the death
rate in labour or the
neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care
during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.
during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).
Africa, however, had the smallest reductions in child morality
rates during that 25 - year
period and still has the highest
neonatal morality
rate of 28 deaths per 1,000 live births.