Implementing facility-based kangaroo mother care services: Lessons from a multi-country study in Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bergh, Anne Marie ^a   Kerber, Kate ^b   Abwao, Stella ^c,d   De Graft Johnson, Joseph ^c,d   Aliganyira, Patrick ^b   Davy, Karen ^a   Gamache, Nathalie ^c   Kante, Modibo ^b   Ligowe, Reuben ^b   Luhanga, Richard ^b   Mukarugwiro, Béata ^e,f   Ngabo, Fidèle ^g   Rawlins, Barbara ^d,f   Sayinzoga, Felix ^g   Sengendo, Naamala Hanifah ^b   Sylla, Mariam ^h   Taylor, Rachel ^c,d   Van Rooyen, Elise ^a   Zoungrana, Jeremie ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)   (United States)

^e Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)   (Rwanda)

^f JHPIEGO   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^h Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital   (Mali)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Implementation; Infant premature; Kangaroo mother care; Neonatal mortality; Newborn health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; MALAWI; MALI; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RWANDA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALAWI; MALI; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RWANDA; UGANDA;

EID: 84903803769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-293     Document Type: Article

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