Health information for primary neonatal care.

A baseline health survey was carried out in tribal area of Dahanu taluka in Maharashtra as a part of Rural Neonatal Care Project of the Government of Maharashtra. A population of 9684 was surveyed following the technique of cluster-sampling. High perinatal, neonatal, and maternal mortality rates were noted. Unfavourable maternal characteristics, obstetric factors, and infrastructural facilities contributed to high mortality rates.