Evidence · Randomised trial
Effect of a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care on fresh stillbirth and neonatal mortality among preterm and low-birthweight babies in Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised facility-based trial.
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Education and simulation
- Families and professional practice
- Medical
- Newborn life support
- Nursing
- Preterm stabilisation
- Quality improvement
This paper is from 2020, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Cluster-randomised trial in 20 facilities in western Kenya and eastern Uganda assessing a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care. All facilities received maternity register strengthening and a modified WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist; intervention facilities also received PRONTO simulation-based mentoring, team training and quality improvement collaboratives. In preterm and low-birthweight babies, the intervention was associated with lower combined fresh stillbirth and 28-day neonatal mortality, with no harms reported. Relevant to staff working on preterm care quality and simulation training in low-resource settings.
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