Fig. 2
Reasons for the exclusion of some pregnant women in the prospective phase. From the 2nd of January, 2013 to the 23rd of March, 2013, the period during which the prospective phase of the study took place, a total of 245 deliveries took place in the BRH. The study included 200 of these women and their babies yielding a response rate of 88.9 % from the prospective phase of the study. The various reasons for the exclusion of some pregnant women-neonate pairs were: multiple gestations (15), abortions (5) and refusal to provide consent (25)