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The Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST): An Effectiveness Study on Improving Newborn Health and Survival in Rural Uganda Through a Community-based Intervention Linked to Health Facilities - Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Background
Reducing neonatal-related deaths is one of the major bottlenecks to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Studies in Asia and South America have shown that neonatal mortality can be reduced through community-based ...
Strengthening Health Facilities for Maternal and Newborn Care: Experiences from Rural Eastern Uganda
(Co-action Publishing, 2015-03)
Background: In Uganda maternal and neonatal mortality remains high due to a number of factors, including poor quality of care at health facilities.
Objective: This paper describes the experience of building capacity for ...
Newborn Survival in Uganda: A Decade of Change and Future Implications
(Oxford University Press, 2012-06-07)
Each year in Uganda 141 000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday; 26% of these children die in their first month of life. In a setting of persistently high fertility rates, a crisis in human resources for ...