Update on mothers towards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis: African perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorEmmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu
dc.contributor.authorGetrude Uzoma Obeagu
dc.contributor.authorEsther Musiimenta
dc.contributor.authorYakubu Sunday Bot1
dc.contributor.authorAbdulwasiu Oladele Hassan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T10:15:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T10:15:28Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractNeonatal 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
dc.description.sponsorshipKampala International University, Uganda
dc.identifier.issn2454-5716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/14651
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences
dc.titleUpdate on mothers towards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis: African perspectives
dc.typeArticle
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