Maternal Immunization Status in Neonatal Tetanus
Play mat Summary: In a review of 99 cases of neonatal tetanus admitted over a three-year period (January 1986 to December 1988), tetanus accounted for 6.8 percent of all admissions into the neonatal ward and the case fatality rate was 54,9 percent.All mothers who delivered at home and in the church premises were unimmunized against tetanus, while 4