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    Improving access to skilled attendance at delivery: executive summary

    Nabudere, Harriet; Asiimwe, Delius; Amandua, Jacinto.
    Uganda´s maternal mortality has moderately declined from 670 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 430 per 100,000 live births in 2008. This annual decline of 13 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is unlikely to achieve the MDG target of 168 per 100,000 live births by 2015. The proportion of pregnant ...
    Maternal-Child Health Centers/organization & administration, Maternal Health, Mortality, Midwifery/methods, Pregnant Women, Uganda

    Task shifting to optimise the roles of health workers to improve the delivery of maternal and child healthcare: executive summary

    Mijumbi, Rhona; Asiimwe, Delius; Nabudere, Harriet.
    There is a shortage and maldistribution of medically trained health professionals. These are important reasons why cost-effective MCH services are not available to over half the population of Uganda and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for MCH is slow. Optimising the roles of less specia...
    Cost-Benefit Analysis, Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Health Personnel, Workforce/organization & administration, Uganda, Health Services, Maternal-Child Health Centers/organization & administration