Poster Award at GLOBVAC 2017 Conference
Clorhexidine-study聽was awarded the prize for best poster at the GLOBVAC-conference 2017
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In competition with over 80 contributors, David Mukunya et.al鈥檚 poster about the CISMAC聽Clorhexidine-study聽was awarded the prize for best poster at the GLOBVAC-conference 2017
In his poster, Mukunya presents the findings of the qualitative components of the CISMAC study on the effects of washing the umbilical cord stump with chlorhexidine to prevent infections among newborns. Mukunya has explored how practices related to the care if the umbilical cord stump in the study area may act as barriers or facilitators if the use of chlorhexidine in cord care should be rolled out in the community.
The poster has been given the name聽鈥淲e shall count it as a part of kyogero鈥� Acceptability of single dose 7.1% chlorhexidine di gluconate solution for umbilical cord care among women in Kampala and Mukono district, central Uganda: A qualitative study鈥澛�
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