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Prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage in low-resource settings by Lalonde, André

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I248 Birth asphyxia by Okong, P.

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How people-centred health systems can reach the grassroots: experiences implementing community-level quality improvement in rural Tanzania and Uganda by Tancred, Tara, Mandu, Rogers, Hanson, Claudia, Okuga, Monica, Manzi, Fatuma, Peterson, Stefan, Schellenberg, Joanna, Waiswa, Peter, Marchant, Tanya

“…Quality improvement (QI) methods engage stakeholders in identifying problems, creating strategies called change ideas to address those problems, testing those…”
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Changes in quality of care and perinatal outcomes after implementation of perinatal death audit in Uganda, 2008–15: a prospective study by Nakibuuka, Victoria, Aminu, M, Dewez, J, Byaruhanga, R, Okong, P, van den Broek, Nnyke Renke

“…Every year, an estimated 2·7 million neonatal deaths and stillbirths occur worldwide. Neonatal mortality in Uganda has been 27 deaths per 1000 births between…”
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Management of the second stage of labor by Stones, W, Hanson, C, Wahed, AA, Miller, S, Bridges, A, Lalonde, A, Okong, P, Bhutta, SZ, Adrien, L, Fuchtner, C, von Dadelszen, P, Carbonne, B, Liljestrand, J, Arulkumaran, S, Taylor, D, Delorme, P, Waite, C, Serour, G, Rushwan, H, Montpetit, C

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Perinatal death audits in a peri-urban hospital in Kampala, Uganda by Nakibuuka, VK, Okong, P, Waiswa, P, Byaruhanga, RN

“…Background: The perinatal mortality of 70 deaths per 1,000 total births in Uganda is unacceptably high. Perinatal death audits are important for improvement of…”
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Challenges faced by health workers in implementing the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme in Uganda by Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, H., Mayon-White, R. T., Okong, P., Carpenter, L. M.

“…ABSTRACTBackground To report the experience of health workers who had played key roles in the early stages of implementing the prevention of mother-to-child…”
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3639 POSTER Analysis of a Screening Campaign for Cervical and Breast Cancer in Uganda on Behalf of Oncology for Africa, Non-Profit Organization -Italy by Savarese, A, Occhi, F, Bovani, I, Aloi, F, Pozzi, M, Okong, P

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O162 Effective and focused leadership training for safe motherhood by Froese, J. Chamberlain, Mirembe, F., Okong, P., Watt, S., Okullo, J., Mukooza, E., Biraro, S.

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Plasma vitamin C concentration in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia in Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda by Kiondo, P, Welishe, G, Wandabwa, J, Wamuyu-Maina, G, Bimenya, G S, Okong, P

“…Oxidative stress plays a role in the aetiology of pre-eclampsia and vitamin C may prevent pre-eclampsia. To determine the association between plasma vitamin C…”
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Plasma vitamin C concentration in pregnant women with preeclampsia in Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda by Kiondo, P, Welishe, G, Wandabwa, J, Wamuyu-Maina, G, Bimenya, GS, Okong, P

“…Background: Oxidative stress plays a role in the aetiology of pre-eclampsia and vitamin C may prevent pre-eclampsia. Objective: To determine the association…”
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The impact of HIV on maternal quality of life in Uganda by Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, H., Mayon-White, R. T., Okong, P., Carpenter, L. M., Jenkinson, C.

“…To study the effect of HIV infection on quality of life (QOL) during pregnancy and puerperium, QOL was measured in a cohort study at St. Francis Hospital…”
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Immediate maternal thermal response to skin-to-skin care of newborn by Bergström, A, Okong, P, Ransjö-Arvidson, A-B

“…Aim: To elucidate the immediate maternal thermal skin response when placing the neonate on the mothers' chest, skin‐to‐skin (STS). Methods: Ugandan mothers…”
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The FIGO Save the Mothers Initiative: The Uganda–Canada collaboration by Lalonde, A.B., Okong, P., Mugasa, A., Perron, L.

“…In 1998, the ob/gyn associations of Uganda and Canada launched, under the umbrella of the FIGO Save the Mothers Initiative, a district-wide intervention which…”
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Implementation of a programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a Ugandan hospital over five years: challenges, improvements and lessons learned by Magoni, M, Okong, P, Bassani, L, Kituka Namaganda, P, Onyango, S, Giuliano, M

“…To identify factors that may limit acceptance of HIV testing and enrolment in the programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV, we…”
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Post-abortion endometritis-myometritis and HIV infection by Okong, P, Biryahwaho, B, Bergström, S

“…The objective was to explore if HIV-1 infection is a risk factor for post-abortion endometritis-myometritis (PAEM) in an urban hospital in Kampala, Uganda…”
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The Uganda study on HPV variants and genital cancers by Buonaguro, F.M, Tornesello, M.L, Salatiello, I, Okong, P, Buonaguro, L, Beth-Giraldo, E, Biryahwaho, B, Sempala, S.D.K, Giraldo, G

“…Background: Genital cancers in Uganda have been the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men as well as in women since the 1950s. Genetic studies have detected…”
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Comparison of Intestinal Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Patients in Kampala and London by MURPHY, B, TAYLOR, C, CRANE, R, OKONG, P, BJARNASON, I

“…Background: White homosexual men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) show progressive impairment of intestinal function assessed in terms of intestinal…”
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Global health systems strengthening: FIGO's strategic view on reducing maternal and newborn mortality worldwide by Miranda, Jezid, Miller, Suellen, Alfieri, Nikita, Lalonde, Andre, Ivan‐Ortiz, Edgar, Hanson, Claudia, Steinholt, Margit, Palshetkar, Nandita, Suharjono, Harris, Gebhardt, Stefan, Dossou, Jean‐Paul, Pascali‐Bonaro, Debra, Jacobsson, Bo, Okong, Pius, Miranda, Jezid, Okong, Pius, Begum, Rowshan Ara, Basavilvazo, María Antonia, Barasa, Christostim Wekesa, Kurasawa, Kentaro, Kliučinskas, Mindaugas, Steinholt, Margit, Bareghamyan, Hasmik, De Mucio, Bremen, Vianney, Sebajuri Jean Marie, Miller, Suellen, Pascali‐Bonaro, Debra, Essén, Birgitta, Palestra, Francesca, Ajak, Garang Garang Dakjur Lueth

“…Objective To demonstrate that successful health systems strengthening (HSS) projects have addressed disparities and inequities in maternal and perinatal care…”
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Obstetric care in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? by Hofmeyr, G. Justus, Haws, Rachel A, Bergström, Staffan, Lee, Anne CC, Okong, Pius, Darmstadt, Gary L, Mullany, Luke C, Oo, Eh Kalu Shwe, Lawn, Joy E

“…Abstract Background Each year, approximately 2 million babies die because of complications of childbirth, primarily in settings where effective care at birth,…”
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