A K Mbonye

..We conclude that the focus on risk factors for maternal deaths have policy implications...

..We conducted a survey to determine availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) to provide baseline data for monitoring provision of obstetric care services in Uganda...

..We conducted a survey to determine availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and to provide data for advocating for improved maternal and newborn health in Uganda...

..However, in countries where this policy is implemented, poor access and low compliance have been widely reported. Novel approaches are needed to deliver this intervention...

..Understanding use of drug shops by communities in Uganda is essential to inform the design of interventions to introduce RDTs...

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..7% (160/2081) to 22.4% (236/1055) (P<0.001). In conclusion, the community-based system was effective in delivering IPTp, whilst women still accessed and benefited from essential care at health units...

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..10) per lost disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) averted. In conclusion, community-based delivery increased access and adherence to IPTp and was cost-effective...

..To explore whether private midwives can perform HIV counselling and testing, provide antiretroviral treatment and contraceptives, and how this affects access to services especially among young and HIV-positive women...

..Uganda has high maternal mortality ratio of 435/100,000 live births. In order to address this, Uganda has developed a strategy and has prioritized skilled attendance at delivery as a key intervention...

..We sought to assess the magnitude of antimalarial drug use in pregnancy in order to contribute to the debate of introducing effective diagnostic tools for malaria...

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..Policy decisions to introduce rapid diagnostic kits (RDTs) in primary care units including drug shops are required in order to improve effective treatment of malaria...

..In order to improve child care in this district, there is a need to address barriers to quality of care and to conduct further research to assess the role of cultural factors and male involvement in child care...

..There is also a need to design well-focused health-education messages to improve treatment-seeking behaviour for childhood diseases...

..These results provide important lessons to policy makers and programme managers who aim at scaling up access of SP for malaria prevention in pregnancy...

..0% of them had recommended it to other women. We suggest a review of the current policy on malaria prevention in pregnancy to allow provision of IPT through community structures that are feasible, practical and acceptable...

..Other barriers like fear of having an HIV test should be addressed through appropriate counselling of clients...

..To establish a baseline for the availability, utilization, and quality of EmOC, and to help develop an operational strategy based on the findings...

..These results will contribute to the current debate on identifying new approaches for scaling-up prevention interventions and effective case management, as well as selection of priority interventions for malaria control in Uganda...

..The cultural beliefs and practices regarding delivery of twin and first births, coupled with the high cost of care, prevent women from delivering and using other services at health units...

..These findings provide important lessons for malaria control programmes that aim at increasing access to ITNs by pregnant women in developing countries...

..This paper presents results of a project which piloted a package of adolescent health services with the aim of identifying the best approach for providing quality, accessible, and affordable adolescent friendly services...

..To compare the safety and quality of contraceptive injections by community-based health workers with those of clinic-based nurses in a rural African setting...