Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2020:4:10.29392/001c.12503.
doi: 10.29392/001c.12503.

Overcoming staffing challenges when implementing a birth defects surveillance system: a Ugandan experience

Joyce Namale-Matovu  1 , Linda Barlow-Mosha  1 , Daniel Mumpe-Mwanja  1 , Dennis Kalibbala  1 , Robert Serunjogi  1 , Jolly Nankunda  2 , Diana Valencia  3 , Evelyn Nabunya  4 , Josaphat Byamugishat  4 , Doreen Birabwa-Male  5 , Margaret A Okwero  6 , Monica Nolan  1 , Dhelia Williamson  3 , Philippa Musoke  7
Affiliations

Overcoming staffing challenges when implementing a birth defects surveillance system: a Ugandan experience

Joyce Namale-Matovu et al. J Glob Health Rep. 2020.
No abstract available

Keywords: birth defects; staffing; surveillance system; uganda.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare no further conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Birth defects surveillance system organogram.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Christianson A, Christianson A, Howson CP, Modell B. March of Dimes: Global Report on Birth Defects, the Hidden Toll of Dying and Disabled Children. White Plains: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; 2005.
    1. Kishimba RS, Mpembeni R, Mghamba JM, Goodman D, Valencia D. Birth prevalence of selected external structural birth defects at four hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2011-2012. J Glob Health. 2011;5:020411. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes. In: Bale JR, Stoll BJ, Lucas AO, eds. Improving Birth Outcomes: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World. Washington DC: National Academies Press (US); 2003. - PubMed
    1. Mumpe-Mwanja D, Barlow-Mosha L, Williamson D, Valencia D, Serunjogi R, Kakande A, et al. A hospital-based birth defects surveillance system in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019;19:372. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Flores A, Valencia D, Sekkarie A, Hillard CL, Williams J, Groisman B, et al. Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop. J Glob Health Perspect. 2015;2015:pii. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources