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.