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Effect of Topical Application of Human Breast Milk, Chlorhexidine and Dry Cord Care on Neonatal Umbilical Cord Separation Time and Rate of Cord Infection : Cluster Randomized Trial
2020-12-28
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<h4>Background: </h4> - Annually 1 million newborns worldwide die of infection caused by bacteria that enter the body via the umbilical cord. Regarding this the Ethiopia national strategy of new born and child survival identified Chlorhexidine as one of the high impact interventions to minimize neonatal mortality. Whereas, studies have shown Human breast milk application to the neonatal umbilical cord has a shorte...
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- cc54b923-20d0-5d91-b901-1bda2c1dafa2
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-122199/v1
