Home Based Child Care to Reduce Mortality and Malnutrition in Tribal Children of Melghat, India: CRCT

HBNC included treatment of neonatal sepsis with Gentamicin once daily (5 mg for 10 days for preterm babies with birth weight \<2000g; 7 mg for birth weight 2000-2500 gm or as per gentamicin chart for 7 days for normal term \& weight ) by intramuscular injection. Acute respiratory infection was treated with co-trimoxazole syrup BID (2.5 ml for age 1-2 months, 5 ml for age 2 months - 1 year, 7.5 ml for age 1 - 5 years). Diarrheal illness was treated with ORS, furoxone (5 ml 8 hourly for 3 days) and metronidazole syrup (5 ml 8 hourly for 7 days). Malaria was treated with Syrup chloroquine (for 1 month to 1 year- 5 ml first dose , 2.5 ml after 6 hours, 2.5 ml after 12 hours , 2.5 ml after 12 hours). Syrup paracetamol was given 2.5 to 5 ml 8 hourly depending upon the body weight.