Chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care
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Ram Bai, 27, is a mother of five from southeast Pakistan. Although she delivered her children safely, she nearly lost one child to an umbilical cord infection – an infection that could have been prevented. Life in Yousfani Farm, where she lives and farms with her children and husband, Kirshan,...
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In some parts of the world, an unacceptably high proportion of babies do not survive to 28 days of life due to severe infections that can be prevented through better management of the umbilical cord. Multiple studies have shown that applying the antiseptic chlorhexidine to the umbilical stump shortly after...
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A recent study on the measurement of service readiness for providing inpatient care of small and sick newborns puts the spotlight on improving monitoring systems, quality of care and investments in health systems scale-up to end preventable newborn death and disability, as discussed in Part 2 in a series of...
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One of the things that I love most about my job developing and introducing health technologies to address the health of women and children at PATH is the opportunity to work with people who are dedicated, smart, enthusiastic, and vibrant. The global health field seems to attract these kinds of optimistic,...
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