ArticleBMC health services research2021
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and infection control/prevention practices in traditional birth homes in Southwest Nigeria.
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- Global, regional and national disease burden of neonatal disorders from 2000 to 2021 and the comparison before and during COVID-19: a systematic analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Water, sanitation and infection control practices in rural health facilities of Jodhpur District, India: an intervention through supportive supervision.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of neonatal infectious diseases from 1990 to 2021.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Long-term drought and risk of infant mortality in Africa: A cross-sectional study.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices in Africa: exploring the effects on public health and sustainable development plans.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Review
- External Disruption of Ocular DevelopmentThe Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
- Evaluation of a WASH/MNCH targeted primary health care program in Uganda; a mixed methods study.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Incidence of maternal infection and its related outcomes in a public sector hospital in Pakistan.Women's health (London, England)Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPoor environmental conditions and hygiene practices at the time of childbirth is linked to life-threatening infections and death in mothers and babies. Improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) have been identified as a means through which the lives of mothers and babies could be saved. This study was carried out to explore WASH conditions and infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in traditional birth homes/centers in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria. A total of 50 traditional birth centers and attendants (TBAs) were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics of the TBAs and features of the birth centers were obtained using a semi-structured questionnaire. Assessment of WASH conditions and IPC practices was based on established protocols.
resultsFindings revealed that majority of the centers operated under poor WASH conditions and IPC practices; none met with the WHO minimum standards for environmental health.
conclusionsAdequate WASH facilities and IPC practices remain a critical component of maternal and child health even in non-facility birth. As the transition to facility births continues in many countries, the large number of non-facility births demands their inclusion in WASH-related strategies, if global goals of reducing deaths of newborns and women deaths will be achieved.
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