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NEONATAL HERPES

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More public information about neonatal herpes:

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• Health Protection Surveillance Centre (Ireland) factsheet

• NZ Herpes Foundation information page

• NHS Choices information page

• NI Direct: Herpes in a baby (neonatal herpes)

• Boston Children's Hospital information page

• MSD Manual Consumer Version - Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infection in Newborns

• The Lancet - Why Neonatal Herpes Matters

• National Organization for Rare Disorders: Neonatal Herpes info page

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Research papers (abstracts only - research login required for full text):

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• Nottingham based study re incidence & presentation 2006-2013

• Last published full British study into incidence rates1986-1991

• WHO First global estimates of annual number of neonatal herpes cases

• WHO meeting report: Consultation on HSV vaccine preferred product characteristics

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Guidance & information for professionals:

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• Canadian Paediatric Society - Prevention and management of neonatal herpes

• Merck Manuals - Neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) Infection

• Evelina Hospital - Clinical guidelines for neonatal collapse ('high index of suspicion for HSV')

• Nottingham Children's Hospital - Clinical guidelines for neonatal herpes

• Plymouth Hospital - Herpes Guideline – combined Obstetric and Neonatal

• Nick Bennet, Paeditrician: Counterintuition – why neonatal herpes turns logic on its head

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NEONATAL DEATH IN  THE UK

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 In the news:

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• British Medical Journal - Child health crisis: calls for urgent action must not go unheeded

• OnMedica - UK lagging behind peers on child health

• i - Why are more babies dying before their first birthday?

• Guardian - Four out of five full-term baby deaths in UK could be prevented

• BBC - We must do better on baby deaths and injuries

• Huffington Post - Babies born in UK more likely to die in first month than Cuba or Latvia

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Relevant publications:

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• UNICEF report 2018: Every child alive: The urgent need to end newborn deaths

• Bliss and Tiny Life baby report Northern Ireland 2018

• Bliss baby report Scotland 2017

• Bliss baby report Wales 2016

• Bliss baby report England 2015

• MBRACE- UK - Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report Jan-Dec 2015

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Statistics

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• Office for National Statistics - Child mortality in England and Wales 2016

• Office for National Statistics - UK drops in European child mortality rankings

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SUPPORT FOR AFFECTED PARENTS​

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• Neonatal herpes information and advice

• Herpes Viruses Association charity website

• SANDS (stillbirth and neonatal death charity) website

• Facebook group providing support and raising awareness of neonatal HSV

• Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) - UK charity for patient safety and justice

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