(English) NIH to test one-dose antibiotic for the prevention of maternal and infant sepsis

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will assess whether a single oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin during labor reduces the risk of maternal and infant bacterial infection and death in seven low- and middle-income countries.

«We urgently need effective interventions to reduce the death toll of pregnancy-related infections worldwide,» said <span…