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    Process and costs for readiness to safely implement immediate kangaroo mother care: a mixed methods evaluation from the OMWaNA trial at five hospitals in Uganda

    Preterm birth complications result in > 1 million child deaths annually, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. A World Health Organisation (WHO)-led trial in hospitals with intensive care reported reduce...

    Melissa M. Medvedev, Victor Tumukunde in BMC Health Services Research (2023)

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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

    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 ...

    Melissa M. Medvedev, Victor Tumukunde, Ivan Mambule, Cally J. Tann, Peter Waiswa in Trials (2020)

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    Training and evaluating simulation debriefers in low-resource settings: lessons learned from Bihar, India

    To develop effective and sustainable simulation training programs in low-resource settings, it is critical that facilitators are thoroughly trained in debriefing, a critical component of simulation learning. H...

    Julia H. Raney, Melissa M. Medvedev, Susanna R. Cohen in BMC Medical Education (2020)