Improvements in newborn care and newborn resuscitation following a quality improvement program at scale: results from a before and after study in Tanzania.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on November 19, 2014

Authors

Christina Lulu Makene1, Marya Plotkin2, Sheena Currie3, Dunstan Bishanga4, Patience Ugwi5, Henry Louis6, Kiholeth Winani7, Brett D Nelson8,9

Author Affiliations

1: Jhpiego Tanzania, PO Box 9170, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Christina.makene@jhpiego.org.
2: Jhpiego Tanzania, PO Box 9170, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Marya.plotkin@jhpiego.org.
3: Jhpiego Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA. sheena.currie@jhpiego.org.
4: Jhpiego Tanzania, PO Box 9170, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dunstan.Bishanga@jhpiego.org.
5: Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. tamiugwi@gmail.com.
6: Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. henrygj24@gmail.com.
7: Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kwinani1977@gmail.com.
8: Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. brett.d.nelson@gmail.com.
9: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. brett.d.nelson@gmail.com.

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