2008-07-14 Hand Washing by Birth Attendants, Mothers Saves Lives(1/2)
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A new study in rural Nepal shows the value of washing hands with soap and water in preporation preparation for child birthchildbirth. Researchers found that hand washing by birth attendants and mothers increase increased the chances that babies would survive their firth first month.
在尼泊尔乡村的一项新的研究表明了用香皂洗手在新生儿准备上的价值。研究人员发现通过月嫂和母亲们把手洗干净可以大大增加婴儿出生后第一个月存活下来的机会。
在尼泊尔乡村一项新的研究表明了在做分娩准备时用肥皂和水洗手的重要性。研究人员发现接生人员和母亲注意洗手，会增加宝宝在第一个月里的存活率。

The study showed that the risk of death was nineteen percent lower when birth attendants wash washed their hands before delivery. And the risk of death was forty-four percent lower when mothers wash washed their hands before they touch touched their baby.
研究显示：月嫂在接触婴儿前洗手可降低婴儿19%的死亡率。而对于母亲们在接触他们的孩子前把手洗干净则可降低44%的死亡几率。
研究表明，接生人员在接生前洗手，婴儿的死亡风险就会降低19%。母亲在接触婴儿之前洗手，婴儿的死亡风险就会降低44%。

Researchers from the John Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the United States did the study. They observed more than thenty-three twenty-three thousand new bornsnewborns. Almost all were born at home or on the way to a medical center.
来自美国约翰霍金布隆博格公共卫生学院的人员负责此项研究。他们对两万三千多名新生儿进行了观察。他们中的大多数都是在家中或是在去医院的路上出生的。
来自美国约翰霍普金斯彭博公共卫生学院的研究员作了这项调查研究。他们调查了23000多个新生婴儿。几乎所有的都出生在家里或是在去某个医疗中心的路上。

The study says just fifty-three percent of birth attendants reported wash washing their hands with soap and water before delivery. And only fifteen percent of mothers reported washing their hands before handling their new bornnewborn. More than thirty-thousand new borns newborns die each year in the pourNepal. Reseacher Jame Researcher James Tielsch says the finding findings suggest that hand washing could prevent many of these deaths.
研究称只有53%的月嫂汇报了他们在工作前用肥皂洗过手。而相应的只有15%的母亲们洗过手。每年在尼泊尔有三万多名新生儿死亡。研究者James Tielsch说研究显示洗手可避免这些死亡的大部分。
调查表明只有53%的接生人员在接生前用香皂和水洗手。而只有15%的母亲在抱新生儿前洗手。每年在尼泊尔超过30000新生儿死亡。研究员James Tielsch 说调查表明洗手可以阻止很多新生婴儿的死亡。

The Bloomberg professor noted that several studies have shown that a mother's hand washing can reduce the risk of died diarrhea in young children. But he says this was one of the first to exam examine the facts effects of hand washing on the first month after bornsbirth.
布隆博格教授提示说还有几项研究都表明母亲们的洗手可以减少幼小婴儿患痢疾的几率。他说这是自新生儿出生第一个月的检测洗手效果的方法之一。
斯彭博公共卫生学院的教授说若调查已经表明母亲洗手可以降低婴儿腹泻的风险。但是他说这是最先检查到的在产后第一个月洗手的作用之一。