Table 4.

Quantitative and qualitative findings on drying and wrapping after birth by country

Country	Reference period	Percent wrapping and drying after delivery	Main reasons for delay
Ethiopia	Immediately	69% dried and wrapped [19]	Preoccupied with placenta, taboo to care for the baby until the placenta is buried [10]
Ghana	Within 5 min of birth	37% dried 29% wrapped Higher for facility births (42% dried and 36% wrapped) [11]	Preoccupied with placenta [11, 25], no one present is tasked with newborn care [11], waiting for cord cutting or bathing [11]
Malawi	Before placenta	57% wiped and wrapped [22]	No information
Mozambique	Before placenta	77% dried (home births) 84% wrapped (home births) District varied from 66 to 96% for drying and 71–98% for wrapping [20]	No information
Senegal	Not applicable	No information	Waiting for birth attendant to finish and for the baby to be bathed [26]
Tanzania	Within 5 min of birth	42% dried 27% wrapped [21]	Preoccupied with placenta, waiting for the baby to be bathed, impromptu delivery [27]
Uganda	Soon/immediately after delivery Before placenta	97% wrapped [18] 86% wrapped [24] 36% dried 49% wrapped [23]	No information