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Special Issue: Newborn Health in Uganda

Effect of the Uganda Newborn Study on care-seeking and care practices: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Peter WaiswaDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Global HealthDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance SiteIganga-Mayuge, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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George PariyoDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Global HealthDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Karin KallanderDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Global HealthDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Malaria ConsortiumLondon, UK
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Joseph AkuzeDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Gertrude NamazziDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Elizabeth Ekirapa-KirachoDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Kate KerberSave the ChildrenCape Town, South Africa
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Hanifah SengendoSave the ChildrenCape Town, South Africa
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Patrick AliganyiraSave the ChildrenCape Town, South Africa
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Joy E. LawnMARCH UnitLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Stefan PetersonDepartment of Health PolicyPlanning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Global HealthDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;International Maternal and Child Health UnitDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
& on behalf of the Uganda Newborn Study Team show all
Article: 24584 | Received 08 Apr 2014, Accepted 12 Nov 2014, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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