Objectives Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), prolonged skin-to-skin care of the low birth weight
baby with the mother plus exclusive breastfeeding reduces neonatal mortality. Global KMC …

Introduction Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is the practice of early, continuous and prolonged
skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby with exclusive breastfeeding. Despite …

Aim As part of a multi‐country implementation trial, we tested a regionally specific model of
kangaroo mother care (KMC). Effective KMC was defined as≥ 8 h of newborn‐caregiver …

Aim To estimate incremental costs of an implementation model for scaling up Kangaroo
Mother Care (KMC) for neonates with birthweight< 2000 g. Methods Seven sites across …

Background Globally, the rate of reduction in delivery-associated maternal and perinatal
mortality has been slow compared to improvements in post-delivery mortality in children …

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, neonatal mortality accounts for approximately 54% of
under-five deaths with the majority of these deaths driven by infections. Possible Severe …

Measuring facility readiness to manage basic obstetric emergencies is a critical step toward
reducing persistently elevated maternal mortality ratios (MMR). Currently, the Signal …

Electronic data capture (EDC) is a crucial component in the design, evaluation, and
sustainment of population health interventions. Low-resource settings, however, present …

Objectives Globally, hundreds of women die daily from preventable pregnancy-related
causes, with the greatest burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Five key emergencies—bleeding …

Results Ninety clinicians completed training (median age= 32 (IQR 28–40), female= 61.5%,
nurse auxiliaries= 71.6%, nurses= 17.1% and general physicians= 11.4%). There were no …