Abstract:Back Background ground Ten years ago-in the late 2000s-the government of Nepal was confronted with high infection-attributable neonatal mortality. There was new, locally-generated evidence that use of the antiseptic chlorhexidine for care of the newborn cord stump could substantially reduce the risk of such deaths but-at the time-no global-level recommendation. This paper traces the evolution of chlorhexidine introduction and scale up and documents program performance once the program had reached national scal… Show more
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