Association between neonatal mortality and births not weighed among 400 thousand institutional deliveries in 32 low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Low birthweight (LBW) children have a higher risk of neonatal mortality. All institutional deliveries, therefore, should be weighed to determine appropriate care. Mortality risk for newborns who are not weighed at birth (NWB) is unknown.METHODS: This paper used logit regression models to compare the odds of death for NWB neonates to that of other neonates using data on 401 712 institut