Fig. 6
From: Chlorhexidine for facility-based umbilical cord care: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study
Gap analysis for Chlorhexidine cord application coverage and quality, EN-BIRTH study (n = 12,379). Register-records n = 11,002 live births, and exit survey-report n = 11,827 women with live births. ‘Right time’ < 1 h was used here as the observation period is only during admission to labour and delivery wards. The current WHO recommendations advise that Chlorhexidine application should be completed within the first week of life [6]. 7.1% Chlorhexidine solution applied to the umbilicus