Umbilical cord care remains a critical aspect of newborn health, yet practices vary
significantly across different cultures and healthcare settings. This paper aims to provide an …

Background: The third leading cause of death in infants under 1-month-old is neonatal
sepsis. Following the severing of the umbilical cord, bacterial infection may result in …

Background Due to unsanitary cord care practices, cord infections are more common and
prevalent in developing countries. In settings where mortality is low, dry and clean cord care …

Abstract Knowledge of cord care influences the choice of cord care practices and has a
great impact on neonate health. Poor cord care can lead to infection of the umbilical cord …

Background Globally, newborn deaths have declined from 5 million in 1990 to 2.4 million in
2019; however, the risk of death in the first 28 days is high. Harmful umbilical cord care …

Background Even though practicing levels of safe cord care and skin-to-skin contact among
post-partum women are critical to reducing neonatal deaths, limited data revealed the low …

Background Cord care is the series of steps applied to handle the umbilical cord after
delivery of the newborn. Despite increasing the number of primary health facilities …

Neonatal mortality is of global concern, it is the death in the first month of life. According to
WHO, 2.4 million children died globally in the first month of life2. Globally the neonatal …

Background: The mother's awareness and practices regarding cord care are crucial to the
survival of the newborn. It's because infections after birth most commonly enter through the …

Introduction: Cord care practices can directly contribute to infections in new-born which
account for large proportion of million annual neonatal deaths. Cord care infections are …