Umbilical cord antiseptic care can save newborns’ lives by the Aga Khan University (AKU) Division of Women and Child Health

KARACHI - Cleansing a newborn’s umbilical cord with an antiseptic can reduce the risk of infection and death, revealed a study carried out by the Aga Khan University (AKU)’s Division of Women and Child Health. The research, just published in the leading global medical journal The Lancet, was conducted in 1,300 villages of Dadu district. With 53 deaths per 10,000 live births, Pakistan has one of the highest newborn mortality rates in the world and up to a third are because of infections.

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