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Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines for Uganda October 2021

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Maternal and Child Health

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Uganda��s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) though on a reducing trend, it remains unacceptably high at 336 per 100,000 live births (UDHS 2016). The under-5 mortality rate has reduced from 90 (2011) to 64 per 1,000 live births (UDHS 2016). However, despite the reduction in child Mortality, the Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) has remained high and stagnant over two the past 2 decades at 27 per 1,000 total births (UDHS, 2016)

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