High compliance with newborn community-to-facility referral in eastern Uganda:.an opportunity to improve newborn survival.

High compliance with newborn community-to-facility referral in eastern Uganda:.an opportunity to improve newborn survival.

BACKGROUND: Seventy-five percent of newborn deaths happen in the first-week of life, with the highest risk of death in the first 24-hours after birth.WHO and UNICEF recommend home-visits for babies in the first-week of life to assess for danger-signs and counsel caretakers for immediate referral of...

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Main Authors: Christine Kayemba Nalwadda, Peter Waiswa, Juliet Kiguli, Gertrude Namazzi, Sarah Namutamba, Göran Tomson, Stefan Peterson, David Guwatudde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3843697?pdf=render

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