Can Clean Delivery Kits Prevent Infections? Lessons from Traditional Birth Attendants in Nigeria
Adediwura Oladunni Arowosegbe, Iyabode Olabisi Dedeke, Olufunke Bolatito Shittu, David Ajiboye Ojo, Joy Stephen Amusan, Opeoluwa Iwaloye, Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo · 2023
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Adediwura Arowosegbe and co-authors test clean birth kits with traditional birth attendants in Nigeria in a 2023 trial. Infections around birth kill many mothers and babies where resources are thin, and a simple kit of sterile supplies has been proposed as a cheap shield.
Sixty seven birth centers took part, covering more than four hundred fifty births. Half the centers added a commercial clean kit to their usual practice. Attendants accepted the kits well. Fever after birth appeared in about one percent of mothers, and newborn infection in about eleven percent. Every mother with fever came from the group without kits. The kit group's risks looked lower, though the numbers were too small for firm proof. Long labor raised infection risk clearly.
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| CREATOR | Adediwura Oladunni Arowosegbe, Iyabode Olabisi Dedeke, Olufunke Bolatito Shittu, David Ajiboye Ojo, Joy Stephen Amusan, Opeoluwa Iwaloye, Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |