Chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care
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Even though Nepal has made remarkable progress in reducing the number of child deaths in recent decades, an estimated 23,000 children still die each year before reaching their fifth birthday, and three out of five babies who die do so within twenty-eight days of birth, that is, during the newborn...
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Blog by Nikki Tyler, Market Access Advisor, at USAID’s Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact. In her role, Nikki works on the development and implementation of market-based strategies to accelerate the adoption of priority health solutions. In 2015, 2.7 million babies died within their first 28 days of life.[1] The...
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The Chlorhexidine Working Group (CWG), part of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children Newborn Technical Resource Team, and led by PATH, convened a meeting of 34 ministry of health officials, donors and implementing partners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 15 and 16 to discuss...
Read MoreOn the 7th of May 2013, Save the Children in Nigeria joined colleagues across the world to launch State of the World’s Mother’s Report.
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