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Addressing the Second Delay in Saving Mothers, Giving Life Districts in Uganda and Zambia: Reaching Appropriate Maternal Care in a Timely Manner

Thandiwe Ngoma, Alice R. Asiimwe, Joseph Mukasa, Susanna Binzen, Florina Serbanescu, Elizabeth G. Henry, Davidson H. Hamer, Jody R. Lori, Michelle M. Schmitz, Lawrence Marum, Brenda Picho, Anne Naggayi, Gertrude Musonda, Claudia Morrissey Conlon, Patrick Komakech, Vincent Kamara and Nancy A. Scott on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(Supplement 1):S68-S84; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00367
Thandiwe Ngoma
aRight to Care-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Alice R. Asiimwe
bBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Joseph Mukasa
bBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Susanna Binzen
cDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Florina Serbanescu
cDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Elizabeth G. Henry
dHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Davidson H. Hamer
eDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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Jody R. Lori
fSchool of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Michelle M. Schmitz
cDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Lawrence Marum
gU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia. Now retired.
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Brenda Picho
hInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Anne Naggayi
iAfricare, Washington, DC, USA.
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Gertrude Musonda
jAfricare, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Claudia Morrissey Conlon
kBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
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Patrick Komakech
lDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
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Vincent Kamara
bBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Nancy A. Scott
eDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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vol. 7 no. Supplement 1 S68-S84
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00367
PubMed 
30867210

Published By 
Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: September 21, 2018
  • Accepted: November 13, 2018
  • Published online March 13, 2019.

Copyright & Usage 
© Ngoma et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00367

Author Information

  1. Thandiwe Ngomaa⇑,
  2. Alice R. Asiimweb,
  3. Joseph Mukasab,
  4. Susanna Binzenc,
  5. Florina Serbanescuc,
  6. Elizabeth G. Henryd,
  7. Davidson H. Hamere,
  8. Jody R. Lorif,
  9. Michelle M. Schmitzc,
  10. Lawrence Marumg,
  11. Brenda Pichoh,
  12. Anne Naggayii,
  13. Gertrude Musondaj,
  14. Claudia Morrissey Conlonk,
  15. Patrick Komakechl,
  16. Vincent Kamarab,
  17. Nancy A. Scotte
  18. on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
  1. aRight to Care-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
  2. bBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
  3. cDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  4. dHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  5. eDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, and Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  6. fSchool of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  7. gU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia. Now retired.
  8. hInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
  9. iAfricare, Washington, DC, USA.
  10. jAfricare, Lusaka, Zambia.
  11. kBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
  12. lDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
  1. Correspondence to Thandiwe Ngoma (thandiwe.ngoma{at}equiphealth.org).
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