Neonatal Deaths in Rural Southern Tanzania: Care-Seeking and Causes of Death

Table 2

Perceived reasons for neonatal death.

Problem associated with assistance during labour and delivery	Unskilled attendants
	Lack of assistance at delivery
	Lack of capacity to handle complications
Problem associated with feeding practices	Majority of neonates are breastfed but some are given sweetened water, coconut juice, and tinned milk
Delay in care-seeking for the neonate outside the home	Lack of money
	The time taken to mobilize cash
	Distance to the health facility
	Lack of signs and symptoms of the illness
Premature birth	No mechanism to look after babies born premature after home birth
	Lack of knowledge on how to handle neonates born premature was common
	Use of cup or spoon to feed premature babies.