Availability and functionality of neonatal care units in healthcare facilities in Mtwara region, Tanzania: The quest for quality of in-patient care for small and sick newborns

• Serveus Ruyobya Kamala ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Serveus Ruyobya Kamala, Fatuma Manzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skamala@ihi.or.tz

  Affiliations Department of Health Systems, Policy, Economic Evaluations, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Global Health and Bio-Medical Sciences (GHBM), School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania, Department of Health, Mtwara Regional Secretariat, Mtwara, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-0791

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• Zamoyoni Julius,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Systems, Policy, Economic Evaluations, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Efraim M. Kosia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Bio-Medical Sciences (GHBM), School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania

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• Fatuma Manzi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Serveus Ruyobya Kamala, Fatuma Manzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Systems, Policy, Economic Evaluations, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Global Health and Bio-Medical Sciences (GHBM), School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania

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