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Table 4 High impact, low cost interventions to save newborns.

From: Born Too Soon: Care for the preterm baby

Intervention

Lives saved

Cost

Case management of neonatal sepsis*

~500,000

$0.13 $2.03

Chlorhexidine umbilical cord cleaning*

Cannot estimate in LiST

$0.23

Neonatal resuscitation*

~230,000

~$0.50 - $10.00

Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm labour*

~430,000

~$0.60

Kangaroo Mother Care

~450,000

 
  1. * Prioritised by the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children
  2. Source: interventions marked with* (Save the Children, 2013) [133]; Kangaroo Mother Care analysis (Lawn et al. 2013) [2].
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