Resumen de Small tubes of antiseptic could prevent 500,000 infant deaths a year.
The article discusses the study conducted by Johns Hopkins University public health researcher Luke Mullany and colleagues in Nepal in 2002 revealed that the use of the antiseptic chlorhexidine in treatment of the umbilical cord stump reduced the risk of neonatal death by 24 percent. Details of the study are presented including the chemical's potential to prevent infant deaths in poor countries. It highlights the World Health Organization's (WHO) plan to recommend the use of the antiseptic .
