Practice of essential newborn care and associated factors among obstetric care providers in rural health centers of Hadiya zone, central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Nearly half of health professionals working at labor, delivery, and postnatal care units of rural health centers demonstrated a good practice of ENBC. The finding suggests a still ample number of newborns were not receiving essential care that they need after birth, which may challenge achieving the sustainable development goal set to reduce neonatal mortality. Hence, health managers and stakeholders should strengthen capacity-building trainings and educational opportunities for lower-level obstetric care providers and increase midwifery professionals in the rural health centers.