1. Neonatal tetanus kills nearly 50, 000 newborns a year in sub-Saharan Africa.2. The World Health Organisation certifies countries as having eliminated maternal or neonatal tetanus . 3. UNICEF and others have strategies for dealing with neonatal tetanus , 4. In 2011, Pampers joined with UNICEF to target maternal and neonatal tetanus in Yemen. 5. Unicef and others have strategies for dealing with neonatal tetanus , 6. Rates of neonatal tetanus fell by 25 % in countries following a MenAfriVac campaign. 7. In 2011, the Government of Ghana announced that it had eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus . 8. Ninety percent of neonatal tetanus cases occur in 27 countries, 18 of them in Africa. 9. The agency notes that polio, leprosy, neonatal tetanus and Guinea worm disease have nearly been eliminated. 10. In Morocco, neonatal tetanus accounted for 20 % of neonatal deaths in 1987 but only 2 % in 1992.
