Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Preventing Serious Neonatal and Maternal Peripartum Infections in Developing Country Settings With a High Prevalence of HIV Infection: Assessment of the Disease Burden and Evaluation of an Affordable
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether use of the disinfectant chlorhexidine administered to the birth canal during labour and newborn at delivery can protect a woman and her baby from bacterial infections after birth. If effective, this could be used as an inexpensive alternative to antibiotics to prevent newborn infections in resource-poor countries.