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By Joseph Odoi Every newborn deserves the best start to life. Yet, in Uganda, the burden of newborn morbidity and mortality remains high. The newborn mortality rate stands at 22 deaths per 1000 live births (UDHS 2022). According to most recent UN annual estimates, Uganda records 62,000 deaths around the time of birth. Of these, […]
Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Medicine in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine received funding from US National Institutes of Health – Fogarty International Center to carry out a study on “Development and evaluation of an information management and communication system for population-wide point of-care infant sickle cell disease screening (SIMCS-Trial)”. The program […]