Table 2: Health workers with good knowledge of selected newborn care questions.
Newborn care question Health workers N=50 n (%)
Definition of preterm baby
Baby born less than 37 weeks of gestation 35 (70)
Definition of low birth weight
Baby born with birth weight less than 2500g 41 (82)
Baby born above 37-42 weeks of gestation with weight of 1500g 23 (46)
Definition of Kangaroo mother care (KMC)
Knowing correct definition of KMC 46 (92)
Definition of asphyxia
Knowing correct definition of asphyxia 42 (84)
Newborn danger signs
Red umbilicus or cord with pus 50 (100)
Severe chest in-drawing 50 (100)
Not breast feeding or drinking 49 (98)
Convulsion/seizures 48 (96)
Yellow soles or palms 48 (96)
Baby feel hot, or cold 45 (90)
Lack of body movement when stimulated 43 (86)
Rapid breathing in a calm child 41 (82)
Grunting 41 (82)
More than 10 (ten) skin pustules 41 (82)
Low birth weight 36 (72)
Number of correct newborn danger signs
Knowing ≥ 8 correct newborn danger signs 46 (92)
Drugs used to treat newborn infection
Ampicillin 50 (100)
Gentamycin 48 (96)
Knowing both Ampicillin and Gentamycin as sepsis drugs 48 (96)