On-site PhD conferral Geoffrey Babughirana

Keywords: pregnancy care, childbirth, newborn care, antenatal care, community health worker

"Better Together; The effect of timed and targeted counselling by community health workers on pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women and newborns in rural Uganda."

In Uganda, many pregnant and lactating women experience difficulties to ensure their health and health of their newborns, which might eventually lead to increase mortality amongst this group. The Community health workers in rural Uganda are providing counseling and health education to households at particular time frames with pregnant and lactating women to ensure they perform life- saving actions and go to the health facility for services for them and their newborns. This in turn contributes to the survival of pregnant and lactating women and their newborns. Furthermore, the Ministry of health in Uganda and other African countries will use the generated knowledge from this research to improve health care and effective counseling for their community.

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Language: English