Strengthening health facilities for maternal and newborn care: Experiences from rural eastern Uganda

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Namazzi, Gertrude ^a,b   Waiswa, Peter ^a,b,c   Nakakeeto, Margaret ^d   Nakibuuka, Victoria K ^e,f   Namutamba, Sarah ^a,b   Najjemba, Maria ^g   Namusaabi, Ruth ^g   Tagoola, Abner ^g   Nakate, Grace ^g   Ajeani, Judith ^g   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b,c,h   Byaruhanga, Romano N ^e,f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INDEPTH Iganga Mayuge Health Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Department of Paediatric Surgery   (Uganda)

^e St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^f UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health system strengthening; Kangaroo mother care; Maternal care; Neonatal mortality; Newborn care; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84930670076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.24271     Document Type: Article

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