Health system preparedness for newborn care: a health facility assessment in rural Uganda
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Date
2014
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Publisher
BMC Health Services Research
Abstract
Newborn deaths must be reduced to achieve Millennium
Development Goal four. Health facilities have a
critical role to play in the fight to save the 2.9 million
newborns that die in the world every year. It is not clear
if health facilities in rural Uganda have the capacity to
care for newborns.
To assess the capacity of health facilities to care for
newborns in Iganga and Mayuge districts in eastern
Uganda for the three main mortality causes: preterm/
low birth weight, asphyxia and sepsis.
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Keywords
Health system preparedness, Newborn care, Health facility, Rural Uganda
Citation
Nalwadda et al.: Health system preparedness for newborn care: a health facility assessment in rural Uganda. BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 2):P63. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P63