Survival status and predictors of neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU) of Wollega University referral hospital (WURH) and Nekemte Specialized hospital, Western Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study

• Tadesse Tolossa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yadanotolasa@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-9024

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• Bizuneh Wakuma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Belayneh Mengist,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

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• Getahun Fetensa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Diriba Mulisa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Diriba Ayala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Ilili Feyisa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Ginenus Fekadu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

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• Dube Jara,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

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• Haile Bikila,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Ayantu Getahun

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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