Skip to main content
. 2014 Sep 16;19:37. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.37.3928

Table 2.

Overview of support with equipment and materials

Partner No. of facilities Types of equipment and materials*
Save the Children 8
  • Stationery (books and register)

  • Equipment (digital baby scales, chairs)

  • Educational materials (posters, flipcharts)

  • Building materials and curtains

  • Supportive resources (KMC wraps, booties, cap, blanket for mother)

Rotary International (different groups) 3
  • Linen

  • General neonatal care equipment (ambubags, incubators)

Uganda Professional Midwives Association (UPMA) 1
  • Resuscitation equipment

  • Bed sheets and blankets

  • Drug dispenser and some drugs

ISIS Foundation** 1
  • Equipment (feeding cups and spoons, digital baby scale, comfortable KMC chairs)

  • Supportive resources (KMC wraps)

  • Building of neonatal unit

  • Food for mothers

  • General neonatal care equipment (cots, incubators)

UNICEF 1
  • Newborn protocols

Volunteer doctor 1
  • Material for wraps

  • Plastic chairs

Uganda Newborn Survival Study (UNEST) 1
  • General labour ward equipment (labour ward beds and sheets, BP machines, bulb syringes, cannulas)

  • Materials for infection control (cleaning equipment, bleach, gloves)

  • Medications

Group organising an annual marathon race and a local bank 1
  • Money for general newborn care equipment (oxygen concentrators and incubators)

*

Not all facilities received all the items and some items pertain more to the provision of newborn services and are not directly required for KMC

**

A not-for-profit organisation established in 1998 with Uganda and Nepal as initial target countries. Its mission is to make a positive difference to the lives of children in the developing world. (http://www.isisgroup.org/indexfound.html)