Community Trial of Newborn Skin and Umbilical Cord Cleansing on Neonatal Mortality in Nepal

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

17,000

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2002

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2006

Conditions

Neonatal Mortality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Newborn skin cleansing with 0.25% chlorhexidine solution

BEHAVIORAL

Cleansing of umbilical cord with soap and water solution

BEHAVIORAL

Cleansing of umbilical cord with 4% chlorhexidine

Trial Locations (2)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore

Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project-Sarlahi, Kathmandu and Sarlahi District

All Listed Sponsors

collaborator

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

lead

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

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