Namusoke, Hellen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-7312
Nannyonga, Maria Musoke
Ssebunya, Robert
Nakibuuka, Victoria Kirabira
Mworozi, Edison
Funding for this research was provided by:
Makerere University School of Public Health: Maternal and Newborn Centre of Excellence
Article History
Received: 20 July 2017
Accepted: 9 January 2018
First Online: 7 March 2018
Authors’ information
: NH: MBCHB, MMED (PAED), Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Bethany Women and Family Hospital.NMM: MBCHB, MMED (Paed), Honorary Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mother Kevin Post Graduate Medical School, Uganda Martyrs University- Nkozi.SR: MBCHB, MMED (Paed), Honorary Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mother Kevin Post Graduate Medical School, Uganda Martyrs University- Nkozi.NVK: MBChB, MMED (Paed) MUK, Cert Neon (SA), Honorary Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mother Kevin Post Graduate Medical School, Uganda Martyrs University- Nkozi.EM: Honorary Lecture Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University and Mother Kevin Post Graduate School: Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi.
: Ethical approval was sought and obtained from the Institutional Review Board of St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya before commencement of the study. Written informed consent/permission was also obtained from mothers for their Newborn babies to participate in the study at admission or the beginning of labor process.
: Consent for publication of information got from this study was obtained from mothers before commencement of study.
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