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This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists four injectable antibiotics for the treatment of neonatal sepsis on the Essential medicines list for children. However, injectable antibiotics for newborns remain underutilized and as such, have been identified by the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women’s and Children’s Heal…

This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. The second leading cause of maternal death worldwide is pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E). It’s most often detected through the elevation of blood pressure during pregnancy, which can lead to seizures, kidney and liver damage, and death, if untreated. The risk that a woman in a developing country will die of PE/E is approximately…

This fact sheet is part of a series on Demand Generation for 13 Life-Saving Commodities: A Synthesis of the Evidence. Chlorhexidine is a low-cost antiseptic effective against major agents of neonatal infection. However, it remains underutilized, and as such, has been identified by the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women’s and Children’s Health as one of 13 commodities that if more widely accessed and properly used, could save the l…