"The youngest of babies are the ones most likely to die, often from preventable infections...The usual ways to promote handwashing with soap and water are failing - they do not change individuals' behaviors sufficient to impact health. An innovative but low-cost and low-technology solution, chlorhexidine for waterless hand cleansing, could yield dramatic improvements in hand cleansing among mothers and birth attendants...Chlorhexidine is portable and can be placed easily in child care areas for use by mothers and other family members, and in birth attendant kits...Chlorhexidine cleansing can be performed safely and efficiently, lowering neonates' exposure to infection from family members and visitors, including young children who are least likely to wash hands but most likely to carry infections...An evidence-based chlorhexidine hand cleansing intervention represents a robust low-technology solution to address the unconscionably high rates of preventable neonatal mortality worldwide.”