Editing Childbirth (section)

====Neonatal infection====
{{Main|Neonatal infection}}
[[File:Neonatal infections and other (perinatal) conditions world map - DALY - WHO2004.svg|thumb|[[Disability-adjusted life year]] for neonatal infections and other (perinatal) conditions per 100,000&nbsp;inhabitants in 2004. Excludes [[preterm birth|prematurity]] and low birth weight, [[birth asphyxia]] and [[birth trauma (physical)|birth trauma]] which have their own maps/data.<ref>{{cite web |title= Mortality and Burden of Disease Estimates for WHO Member States in 2004 |url= https://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/gbddeathdalycountryestimates2004.xls |format= xls |publisher= Department of Measurement and Health Information, World Health Organization |date= February 2009 |access-date= 4 October 2020 |archive-date= 28 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210828123901/https://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/gbddeathdalycountryestimates2004.xls |url-status= live }}</ref>{{Div col|small=yes|colwidth=10em}}
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{{legend|#ffff65|less than 150}}
{{legend|#fff200|150–300}}
{{legend|#ffdc00|300–450}}
{{legend|#ffc600|450–600}}
{{legend|#ffb000|600–750}}
{{legend|#ff9a00|750–900}}
{{legend|#ff8400|900–1050}}
{{legend|#ff6e00|1050–1200}}
{{legend|#ff5800|1200–1350}}
{{legend|#ff4200|1350–1500}}
{{legend|#ff2c00|1500–1850}}
{{legend|#cb0000|more than 1850}}
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Newborns are prone to infection in the first month of life. The [[pathogenic bacterium]] ''[[Streptococcus agalactiae]]'' (a group B streptococcus) is most often the cause of these occasionally fatal infections. The baby contracts the infection [[Vertical transmission|from the mother]] during labour. In 2014 it was estimated that about one in 2000 newborn babies had a group B streptococcuss infection within the first week of life, usually evident as [[respiratory disease]], general [[sepsis]], or [[meningitis]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ohlsson A, Shah VS | title = Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 6 | pages = CD007467 | date = June 2014 | volume = 2016 | pmid = 24915629 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD007467.pub4 | s2cid = 205189572 }}</ref>

Untreated [[sexually transmitted infections]] (STIs) are associated with [[birth defect]]s, and infections in newborn babies, particularly in the areas where rates of infection remain high. The majority of STIs have no symptoms or only mild symptoms that may not be recognised.  Mortality rates resulting from some infections may be high, for example the overall perinatal mortality rate associated with untreated syphilis is 30%.<ref name="WHO-STI">{{cite web |title= Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) |url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs110/en/ |volume= Fact sheet 110 |date= May 2013 |access-date= 30 August 2013 |publisher= World Health Organization |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141125133056/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs110/en/ |archive-date= 25 November 2014 }}</ref>