World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed a drug that can reduce death rate during childbirth as a result of blood loss.

WHO said Carbetocin now serves as a new competition – with improved benefits – to Oxytocin, a standby drug used to prevent potentially-fatal bleeding after childbirth.

According to WHO, excessive bleeding after childbirth still kills around 70,000 mothers a year and currently, Oxytocin is the first-choice medication, but it must be kept cold, unlike the new drug, Carbetocin.

The study, partly led, among others, by WHO and published on Wednesday, suggested that the new drug which could be stored at normal temperatures, could save the lives of thousands in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

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This is Awesome Discovery ,Carbetocin is better Un- like Oxytoxin that has to be kept cold till it is used ,you can imagine buying that drug in Lagos island and taking it to somewhere in Ikorodu to be used by your wife who is bleeding seriously. The usual serious traffic congestion on the road etc stress,heat might get the drug hot and render it useless ,Carbetocin welcome .