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A care bundle including antenatal corticosteroids reduces preterm infant mortality in Tanzania a low resource country.

Augustine MassaweHussein L KidantoRobert MoshiroEdna MajaliwaFlora ChachaAisa ShayoPaschal MdoePrisca RingiaMary AzayoGeorgina MsemoEstomih MdumaHege L ErsdalJeffrey M Perlman
Published in: PloS one (2018)
A low-cost care bundle, ~$6 per patient, was associated with a significant reduction in NM and FSB rates. The former presumably by reducing respiratory morbidity with ACS and minimizing infections with antibiotics. If these findings can be replicated in other resource-limited settings, the potential for further reduction of <5 year mortality rates becomes enormous.
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