Seward, N;
Prost, A;
Copas, A;
Corbin, M;
Li, L;
Colbourn, T;
Osrin, D;
... Cortina-Borja, M; + view all
(2015)
Using Observational Data to Estimate the Effect of Hand Washing and Clean Delivery Kit Use by Birth Attendants on Maternal Deaths after Home Deliveries in Rural Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
PLoS One
, 10
(8)
, Article e0136152. 10.1371/journal.pone.0136152.
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Globally, puerperal sepsis accounts for an estimated 8-12% of maternal deaths, but evidence is lacking on the extent to which clean delivery practices could improve maternal survival. We used data from the control arms of four cluster-randomised controlled trials conducted in rural India, Bangladesh and Nepal, to examine associations between clean delivery kit use and hand washing by the birth attendant with maternal mortality among home deliveries.
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