Infant Deaths Drop After Midwives Undergo Inexpensive Training

Infant Deaths Drop After Midwives Undergo Inexpensive Training

Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times

Giving midwives simple training has already been shown to save newborns’ lives, and a new study in Zambia has found that it can be remarkably cost-effective as well.

Even a small pilot project costing only $20,244 saved the lives of 97 infants, the authors estimated, meaning that it cost just $208 per life saved.

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