DETERMINANTS OF BIRTH ASPHYXIA AMONG LABOURING WOMEN IN GONDAR UNIVERSITY OF TEACHING HOSPITAL, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA,2016.

Abstract

Background: In Ethiopia, the three biggest causes of neonatal death are preterm delivery, complications of presumptive birth asphyxia, and infection. According to 2014 mini-DHS results newborns constitute 43 percent of under five deaths in Ethiopia, close to the world average of 44 percent, and represent a larger proportion of under-five deaths now than they did in 1990. Thus, despite progress in child survival, the single most important remaining cause of death among children less than five years of age is newborn deaths. The leading cause of neonatal mortality in Ethiopia is currently birth asphyxia which is account for 47.5% and the remaining being neonatal infection 34.3%, and prematurity 11.1%. Two of these Key words: Birth asphyxia; Determinant Factors; Gondar, Ethiopia