Article Related content Article metrics Rapid responses Response Rapid Response: Tetanus: the role of cow dung The first step taken in reducing the very high incidence of tetanus in Zulu neonates was to teach mothers not to put cow dung on the severed umbilical cord after their babies had been born. Competing interests: None declared Competing interests: No competing interests 18 January 2003 Richard G Fiddian-Green None None
Rapid Response:
Tetanus: the role of cow dung
The first step taken in reducing the very high incidence of tetanus
in Zulu neonates was to teach mothers not to put cow dung on the severed
umbilical cord after their babies had been born.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests