Improving effective coverage of medical-oxygen services for neonates and children in health facilities in Uganda: a before-after intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical oxygen services are essential for the care of acutely unwell patients. We aimed to assess the effects of a multilevel, multicomponent health-system intervention on hypoxaemia detection, oxygen therapy, and mortality among neonates and children attending level IV health centres and hospitals in Uganda.

Methods

For this before-after intervention study, we included children who attended paediatric or neonatal wards of 24 level IV health centres and seven general or regional referral hospitals in the Busoga and North Buganda regions of Uganda between June 1, 2020, and June 30, 2022. All neonates younger than 1 month and children aged 1 month to 14 years were eligible for inclusion. We excluded neonates who were not sick but stayed in the maternity ward for rou

SUBMITTER: Graham HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11345447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature