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This study investigated the role of the public and private sector health facilities on factors associated with early essential newborn care practices following institutional delivery in Ghana.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We used data from the 2017\/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey for our analysis. A total of 2749 mothers aged 15\u201349 years were included in the study. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the factors associated with early essential newborn care in both public and private health sectors.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The prevalence of good early essential newborn care in the public sector health facilities was 26.4\u2009% (95\u2009% CI: 23.55, 29.30) whiles that of the private sector health facilities was 19.9\u2009% (95\u2009% CI: 13.55, 26.30). Mothers who had a Caesarean section in the public sector health facilities had 67\u2009% lower odds of early essential newborn care compared to mothers who had a vaginal delivery [adjusted prevalence odds ratios (aPOR)\u2009=\u20090.33, 95\u2009% CI: 0.20, 0.53]. Mothers without a health insurance in the public sector health facilities had 26\u2009% lower odds of early essential newborn care compared to mothers with a health insurance (aPOR\u2009=\u20090.74, 95\u2009% CI: 0.56, 0.97). However, these associations were not observed in the private sector health facilities.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The findings suggest that the prevalence of good early essential newborn care in the public sector health facilities was higher than that reported in the private sector health facilities. Child health programs on early essential newborn care needs to be prioritized in the private healthcare sector. 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