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lxxixOn asking what they knew about neonatal care to be given to a child within 30 days afterbirth , more than 80 percent of AWWs reported to give BCG vaccination and the child’s birthshould be registered. Between 55 and 72 percent reported, “no bath to child for at least 24hours after birth” and “exclusive breast feeding” (Table 8.5).More than 90 percent of AWWs were of this opinion that nothing should be applied on thecord (Table 8.5) .Table 8.5: Knowledge of AWWs about neonatal care(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate RaigarhKnowledge about neonatal care to be given tochildren (within 30 days after birth) (n=) 61 59 61Birth registration 93.4 86.4 82BCG vaccination 86.9 91.5 91.8Thermal control / practice of kangaroo method 34.4 40.7 60.7No bath to child for at least 24hrs after birth 57.4 69.5 72.1Exclusive breastfeeding 65.6 69.5 60.7Opinion about applying anything on the cordof neonate after birth or thereafter (n=) 61 59 61Nothing 95.1 98.3 91.8Only dry it using cotton 1.6 0 3.3Apply oil 1.6 1.7 3.3• More than 95 percent of AWWs had reported voluntary without prompting correctknowledge about the number of doses of various vaccinations (BCG, DPT, Polio & Measles)against six preventable diseases to be given to a child (Table 8.6 ).Table 8.6: knowledge of AWWs about vaccinations to be given to infants(Percentage)Correct knowledge on vaccination doses Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate Raigarh(n=) 61 59 61BCG 100 100 100Polio 100 100 93.4DPT 98.4 98.3 95.1Measles 98.4 96.6 100Vit A 100 100 86.9Booster dose 1 96.7 93.2 85.2• Regarding breast feeding practices more than 90 percent of AWWs reported correctknowledge voluntary without prompting that a woman should “feed colostrum’immediately after birth (99%), “initiate breast feeding within an hour of birth” (97%),“breast feed exclusively for 6 month” (92%) and “continue breastfeeding for more than ayear” (92%) (Table 8.7).Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012