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Update on mothers towards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis: African perspectives
Author: Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu; Esther Musiimenta; Yakubu Sunday Bot
Publisher: International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences
Published: 2023
Section: School of Allied Health Sciences
Abstract
Neonatal umbilical sepsis continues to be a major health problem with up to 323 of every 1000 neonates seen in
clinics presenting with clinical symptoms. The unhealed umbilical cord is a major entry point for local and invasive
infections during the neonatal period and is rapidly colonised by bacteria from the environment. The reasons for the
high incidence of neonatal sepsis in developing countries are high incidence of home deliveries, unhygienic cord
cutting, application of unclean substances to the stump and covering the stump with unclean fabric