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Effectiveness of a campaign to implement chlorhexidine use for newborns in rural Haiti

BACKGROUND: Chlorhexidine topical cord application is recommended to prevent umbilical cord infections in newborns delivered at home in low-resource settings. A community campaign introducing chlorhexidine for the first time in Haiti was developed. Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) were identified...

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Autores principales: Walsh, Susan M., Norr, Kathleen F., Sipsma, Heather, Cordes, Leslie A., Sankar, Girija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29258564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3059-x