Table 1

Three search strings to be utilised to identify studies to be included in the systematic review

Search string 1Search string 2Search string 3
Newborn neonateCongenital anomalies, congenital abnormalities, congenital malformation, birth defects, gastroschisis, exomphalos, omphalocele, abdominal wall defect, intestinal atresia, apple peel syndrome, duodenal atresia, duodenal obstruction, duodenal web, jejunal atresia, jejuno-ileal atresia, ileal atresia, colonic atresia, anorectal malformation, anorectal stenosis, imperforate anus, anal atresia, malrotation, volvulus, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, oesophageal atresia, tracheo-oesophageal fistula, Hirschsprung’s disease, aganglionosisLow income countries, middle income countries,
LMICs, LAMI, LMI, low resource settings, resource limited setting, less resourced communities, developing countries, underdeveloped countries, third world countries, developing nations, low income nation, sub-Saharan Africa,
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Columbia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Republic of Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Kabul, Porto-Novo, Hogbonou, Adjace, Cotonou, Kutonu, Ouagadougou, Ouaga, Bujumbura, Usumbura, Phnom Penh, Bangui, Bangi, N’Djamena, Ndjamena, Fort Lamy, Moroni, Kinshasa, Asmara, Asmera, Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba, Banjul, Bathurst, Conakry, Bissau, Port-au-Prince, Pyongyang, Monrovia, Antananarivo, Tananarive, Tana, Lilongwe, Bamako, Maputo, Lourenco Marques, Kathmandu, Niamey, Kigali, Freetown, Free-town, Mogadishu, Xamar, Hamar, Muqdisho, Maqadishu, Juba, Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, Lome, Kampala, Harare, Salisbury, Yerevan, Dhaka, Dacca, Thimphu, Thimbu, Sucre, Charcas, La Plata, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Praia, Yaounde, Jaunde, Brazzaville, Yamoussoukro, Cairo, Accra, Tegucigalpa, Tegus, New Delhi, Jakarta, Nairobi, South Tarawa, Tarawa Teinainano, Pristina, Prishtina, Bishkek, Pishpek, Frunze, Vientiane, Maseru, Nouakchott, Palikir, Chisinau, Kishinev, Rabat, Nay Pyi Taw, Naypyidaw, Nepranytau, Naypyitaw, Kyetpyay, Pyinmana, Kyatpyay, Pyinmana, Yangon, Rangoon, Managua, Abuja, Lagos, Islamabad, Port Moresby, Moresby, Pom Town, Manila, Apia, Dakar, Honiara, Jayawardenepura, Jayewardenepura, Khartoum, Mbabane, Embabane, Lobamba, Damascus, Dushanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, Dili, Kyiv, Kiev, Tashkent, Toshkent, Port Vila, Hanoi, Ha Noi, Sana’a, Sanaa, Sana, Lusaka, Ulaanbaatar, Ulan-Bator, Luanda, Tbilisi, Amman