Assessment of Neonatal Death and Causes among Admitted Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Bench Maji Zone, South-West Ethiopia, 2018

Background: Neonatal death is loss of the newborn with in the first twenty eight days of life. In many societies, neonatal deaths and stillbirths are not perceived as a problem, largely because they are very common. However, it is remains untold grief for the mother especially in developing countries likes Ethiopia where its magnitude is very high. Because of the high magnitude of the problem and its direct linkage with the quality of health services during pregnancy, peripartum and in the first month of the neonates' life, neonatal mortality rate are used as an important indicators of the health status of a country. Therefore, this study will have a role in fighting against neonatal death through gathering information about neonatal death and its possible causes in the study area.