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Operationalising kangaroo Mother care before stabilisation amongst low birth Weight Neonates in Africa (OMWaNA): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to examine mortality impact in Uganda

BACKGROUND: There are 2.5 million neonatal deaths each year; the majority occur within 48 h of birth, before stabilisation. Evidence from 11 trials shows that kangaroo mother care (KMC) significantly reduces mortality in stabilised neonates; however, data on its effect among neonates before stabilis...

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Autores principales: Medvedev, Melissa M., Tumukunde, Victor, Mambule, Ivan, Tann, Cally J., Waiswa, Peter, Canter, Ruth R., Hansen, Christian H., Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth, Katumba, Kenneth, Pitt, Catherine, Greco, Giulia, Brotherton, Helen, Elbourne, Diana, Seeley, Janet, Nyirenda, Moffat, Allen, Elizabeth, Lawn, Joy E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6995072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32005286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-4044-6