On 24th July 2024, the SNIP Africa Study team held a stakeholder meeting with nurses, midwives and Village Health Teams (VHTs) from various hospitals in Kampala.
Under the hospital teams we had Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Uganda Martyrs’ Hospital Lubaga, Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital, St. Francis Nsambya Hospital and Mengo Hospital. Our VHT teams hailed from Komamboga, Kisaasi, Global Health and Kawempe.
The objective of the meeting was a discussion on establishing and sustaining effective support groups for neonatal sepsis trials. To set the tone of the discussion, Dr. Damalie Nalwanga gave a presentation on ‘Neonatal Sepsis in Uganda’ while Sr. Rachael Ssuubi (Kawempe NRH) made a presentation on ‘Midwives experiences with Parents of Babies with Neonatal Sepsis.’
About SNIP-AFRICA
SNIP-AFRICA is an African-European collaboration that aims to improve the way severe infections in newborns are treated. Using an innovative approach, SNIP-AFRICA will tackle questions around antibiotic management of neonatal sepsis in Africa, in a time of rising antimicrobial resistance.
The SNIP-AFRICA project is coordinated by Fondazione Penta ETS (Italy) and St George’s, University of London (United Kingdom). 12 centres of excellence from African and European countries constitute the SNIP-AFRICA Consortium, making it a diverse network of partners with extensive experience in neonatal infection and antimicrobial resistance, and in designing, conducting and coordinating randomised controlled trials in Africa, including adaptive trials.
For more on SNIP Africa go to
https://lnkd.in/e_E4My-m
