ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2014
Helping small babies survive: an evaluation of facility-based Kangaroo Mother Care implementation progress in Uganda.
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- Barriers and facilitators of facility-based kangaroo mother care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
- Kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of barriers and enablers.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2016Pooled it
- Womens' experience on barriers and facilitators for implementation with Kangaroo Mother Care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a qualitative study.Global health action · 2026Article
- Predictors of mortality among low birth weight neonates after hospital discharge in a low-resource setting: A case study in Uganda.PloS one · 2024Article
- A pilot study of Kangaroo mother care in early essential newborn care in resource-limited areas of China: the facilitators and barriers to implementation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- Service readiness and availability of perinatal care in public hospitals - a multi-centric baseline study in Nepal.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Health facility readiness to care for high risk newborn babies for early childhood development in eastern Uganda.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Improving Post-discharge Practice of Kangaroo Mother Care: Perspectives From Communities in East-Central Uganda.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Barriers and facilitators to kangaroo mother care implementation in Cote d'Ivoire: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- KANGAROO MOTHER CARE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCES OF MOTHERS OF PRETERM NEONATES IN A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN EASTERN UGANDA.International journal for research in health sciences and nursing · 2021Article
- Fidelity of kangaroo mother care services in the public health facilities in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional mixed-method study.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
- Kangaroo mother care: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Observational
- Barriers and facilitators of kangaroo mother care adoption in five Chinese hospitals: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- The three waves in implementation of facility-based kangaroo mother care: a multi-country case study from Asia.BMC international health and human rights · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionPrematurity is the leading cause of newborn death in Uganda, accounting for 38% of the nation's 39,000 annual newborn deaths. Kangaroo mother care is a high-impact; cost-effective intervention that has been prioritized in policy in Uganda but implementation has been limited.
methodsA standardised, cross-sectional, mixed-method evaluation design was used, employing semi-structured key-informant interviews and observations in 11 health care facilities implementing kangaroo mother care in Uganda.
resultsThe facilities visited scored between 8.28 and 21.72 out of the possible 30 points with a median score of 14.71. Two of the 3 highest scoring hospitals were private, not-for-profit hospitals whereas the second highest scoring hospital was a central teaching hospital. Facilities with KMC services are not equally distributed throughout the country. Only 4 regions (Central 1, Central 2, East-Central and Southwest) plus the City of Kampala were identified as having facilities providing KMC services.
conclusionKMC services are not instituted with consistent levels of quality and are often dependent on private partner support. With increasing attention globally and in country, Uganda is in a unique position to accelerate access to and quality of health services for small babies across the country.
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