Overview

Neonatal Package Study in Rural District of Pakistan

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-11-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Neonatal mortality has been a notable health issue in Pakistan. Considering the importance of the issue and well recognized interventions the investigators are proposing a randomized controlled trial in a rural district of Pakistan which will evaluate the effectiveness of a neonatal package comprised of the standard neonatal care, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and application of chlorhexidine compared with standard neonatal care coupled with application of chlorhexidine and essential neonatal care alone. The investigators anticipate that this study will provide an evidence base way forward benefiting the children of Pakistan.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Aga Khan University
Collaborators:
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
University of Sydney
Treatments:
Chlorhexidine
Chlorhexidine gluconate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- All healthy newborns born in the study settings will be systematically enrolled in the
trial after prior consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants with congenital/birth defects,

- any localized infection on the peri umbilical region at the time of birth or
application of

- any other material such as dung etc before enrollment on the cord.