Birth Attendant And Maternal Hand-washing Associated With Reduced Newborn Death Rate

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 23:21 in Health & Medicine

Washing hands with soap and water before delivering a newborn infant is associated with a lower rate of neonatal deaths in developing countries, according to a report in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

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