Predictors of mortality among low birth weight neonates after hospital discharge in a low-resource setting: A case study in Uganda

Ronald Nsubuga; Joseph Rujumba; Saleh Nyende; Stevens Kisaka; Richard Idro; Jolly Nankunda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0303454

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Predictors of mortality among low birth weight neonates after hospital discharge in a low-resource setting: A case study in Uganda

Ronald Nsubuga ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ronald.nsubuga@mak.ac.ug, rnsubuga@dr.com

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, School Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8327-241X

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Joseph Rujumba ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Rujumba, Richard Idro, Jolly Nankunda

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, School Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Saleh Nyende,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Stevens Kisaka,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
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Richard Idro ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Rujumba, Richard Idro, Jolly Nankunda

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, School Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Jolly Nankunda

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Rujumba, Richard Idro, Jolly Nankunda

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, School Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Predictors of mortality among low birth weight neonates after hospital discharge in a low-resource setting: A case study in Uganda

Ronald Nsubuga,
Joseph Rujumba,
Saleh Nyende,
Stevens Kisaka,
Richard Idro,
Jolly Nankunda

Published: June 11, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303454
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