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“The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda
BACKGROUND: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. OBJECTIVE: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical cord among caretakers of newborns in central Uganda. METHODS: This was a qua...
Autores principales: | Mukunya, David, Haaland, Marte E. S., Tumwine, James K., Tylleskar, Thorkild, Nankabirwa, Victoria, Moland, Karen Marie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32131781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-2002-9 |
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