Strategies for prevention of Neonatal Tetanus include all of the following except -: (A) 5 clean practices, (B) Giving penicillin to all the new borns, (C) 2 doses of TT to all pregnant women, (D) Immunizing all married women
Answer is B. Ans. is 'b' i.e., Giving pencillin to all neonates Giving Pencillin to all neonates is not a strategy for prevention of neonatal tetanus Prevention of Neonatal Tetanus : Strategies Training bih attendants, providing home delivery kits and educating women about the 'Three Cleans' (this alone can reduce preonatala tetanus by 90 percent : Operational Research), same times also called 5 cleans. Administration of Tetanus toxoid to pregnant women Administration of tetanus toxoid to all women of child bearing age This strategy may be adopted in areas where : Incidence of neonatal tetanus is high Coverage of antenatal case is low 4. Administration of An itoxin to unprotected Neonates within 6 hours of bih. Infant born to mothers who have not previously recieved 2 doses of tetanus toxoid are exposed to risk of neonatal tetanus. They can be protected by injection of antitoxin within 6 hours of bih (Heterologous serum 750 IU).