About the Authors

Milton W. Musaba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale, Uganda, Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda

Ritah Nantale

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ritahclaire24@gmail.com

Affiliations Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community and Public Health, Mbale, Uganda

David Mukunya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community and Public Health, Mbale, Uganda, Department of Research, Nikao Medical Center, Kampala, Uganda

Julius N. Wandabwa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda

Kathy Burgoine

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliations Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Department of Pediatrics, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Nicolas J. Pejovic

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Benjamin A. Kamala

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Agnes Napyo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Kabale University School of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Kabale, Uganda

Kenneth Mugabe

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale, Uganda, Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda

Brendah Nambozo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community and Public Health, Mbale, Uganda

Faith Oguttu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Accelerating Innovations in Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (AiMARCH), Mbale, Uganda, Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community and Public Health, Mbale, Uganda

John Stephen Obbo

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Thorkild Tylleskar

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliations Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Bergen, Norway

Andrew D. Weeks

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI), Mbale Uganda, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

ADW was one of the co-inventors of the BabySaver tray. The intellectual property is held by his employer, the University of Liverpool, but the rights for Africa were sold to the Sanyu Africa Research Institute for £1 in 2019 so that they could take forward its development and distribution in Africa. ADW holds no personal rights to the IP, but there is a royalty sharing scheme at UoL whereby any future royalties would be shared with him. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.