Maternal and newborn care: saving premature babies in Uganda

As part of the iCCM-MaCS project, Malaria Consortium provided formal health facilities with incubators and established the use of kangaroo mother care, a World Health Organization-endorsed alternative to conventional neonatal care of pre-term babies and low-birth-weight infants in Uganda.

This brief shares learning around the iCCM MaCS project and the kangaroo mother care technique, and offers recommendations for improving maternal and child health in rural and low-income settings. 

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