Strengthening capacity of health workers to diagnose birth defects in Ugandan hospitals from 2015 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited diagnostic capabilities, resources and health worker skills have deterred the advancement of birth defects surveillance systems in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Empowering health workers to identify and diagnose major external birth defects (BDs) is crucial to establishing effective hospital-based BD surveillance. Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration BD Surveillance System consists of three diagnostic levels: (1) surveillance midwives, (2) MU-JHU clinical team, and (3) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) birth defects subject matter experts (SMEs) who provide confirmatory diagnosis. The diagnostic concordance of major external BDs by surveillance midwives or MU-JHU clinical team with CDC b

SUBMITTER: Namale-Matovu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576368 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature