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Kinney, Mary V.
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"It might be a statistic to me, but every death matters.”: An assessment of facility-level maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems in four sub-Saharan African countries
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) systems aim to understand and address key contributors to maternal and perinatal deaths to prevent future deaths. From 2016–2017, the US Agency for International Development’s Maternal and Chi
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Improving Skin-to-Skin Practice for Babies in Kangaroo Mother Care in Malawi Through the Use of a Customized Baby Wrap: A randomized control trial
Complications of prematurity are a leading cause of newborn death in Malawi. Despite early adoption of Kangaroo mother care (KMC), coverage remains low and women have expressed challenges in using the traditional wrapper–chitenge. In 2016, a study was con
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Referral Practices for Sick Newborns with Possible Serious Bacterial Infection in Ethiopia: Lessons for program improvement
Ethiopia’s Community-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) program seeks to reduce newborn mortality and serve the most vulnerable populations by bringing health services closer to communities. Core elements of CBNC include early identification and timely, appropriat
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Policy Implementation to Practice: For sick newborns with possible serious bacterial infections in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Community-Based Newborn Care (CBNC) program seeks to reduce newborn mortality and serve the most vulnerable populations by bringing health services closer to communities. Core elements of CBNC include early identification and timely, appropriat