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International journal of environmental research and public health
neonatal sepsis remains significant burden globally accounting 25 million neonatal deaths annually lowand middleincome countries lmic including ghana disproportionately affected current study sought ascertain prevalence neonatal sepsis associated factors based analysis institutional records cape coast teaching hospital ccth ghana study involved retrospective crosssectional review randomly sampled medical records 360 neonates ccth january 2018 december 2021 descriptive proportions binary logistic regression analysis conducted estimate prevalence neonates sepsis associated factors prevalence neonates sepsis period estimated 59 earlyonset neonatal sepsis eons lateonset neonatal sepsis lons accounting 29 30 respectively neonatal factors associated sepsis low apgar score aor 164 95 ci101267 p 0047 low birth weight aor 254 95 ci106609 p 0037 maternal factors maternal education aor 265 95 ci10467 p 0040 caesarean deliveries aor 045 95 ci026075 p 0003 maternal infection aor 179 95 ci109294 p 0020 foulsmelling liquor aor 184 95 ci109307 p 0020 study underscores need improved routine care assessment newborns prevent onset neonatal sepsis particular emphasis neonatal maternal risk factors highlighted current study