Browsing by Author "Esther Musiimenta"

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    Update on mothers towards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis: African perspectives
    (International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences, 2023) Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu; Esther Musiimenta; Yakubu Sunday Bot1; Abdulwasiu Oladele Hassan
    Neonatal umbilical sepsis continues to be a major health problem with up to 323 of every 1000 neonates seen 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 utting, application of unclean substances to the stump and covering the stump with unclean fabric