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    • Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda 

      Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K.; Soltvedt, Åshild; Semiyaga, Nulu; Ndeezi, Grace; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-10-20)
      Background: Universal exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could reduce infant mortality by 13%. Although 99% women initiate breastfeeding in Uganda, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low. Although peer ...

    • Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda 

      Chola, Lumbwe; Nkonki, Lungiswa Leonora; Kankasa, Chipepo; Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Robberstad, Bjarne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-06-29)
      Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for 6 months is the recommended form of infant feeding. Support of mothers through individual peer counselling has been proved to be effective in increasing exclusive breastfeeding ...

    • Early infant feeding practices in three African countries: the PROMISE-EBF trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding by peer counsellors 

      Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Doherty, Tanya Mark; Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Nankunda, Jolly; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte; Ramokolo, Vundli; Meda, Nicolas; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Jackson, Debra; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K.; For the PROMISE-EBF study group (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)
      Background: Immediate and exclusive initiation of breastfeeding after delivery has been associated with better neonatal survival and child health and are recommended by the WHO. We report its impact on early infant feeding ...

    • Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding support 

      Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankunda, Jolly; Karamagi, Charles A. S.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Tumwine, James K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)
      Background: In resource-poor settings, HIV positive mothers are recommended to choose between ‘Exclusive breastfeeding’ (EBF) or ‘Exclusive replacement feeding’ (ERF). Acceptability, Feasibility, Affordability, Sustainability ...

    • Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial 

      Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Jackson, Debra; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Doherty, Tanya Mark; Lombard, Carl; Swanevelder, Sonja; Nankunda, Jolly; Ramokolo, Vundli; Sanders, David; Wamani, Henry; Meda, Nicolas; Tumwine, James K.; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte; Van de Perre, Philippe; Kankasa, Chipepo; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tylleskär, Thorkild; on behalf of the PROMISE EBF-study group (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-21)
      Background: In this multi-country cluster-randomized behavioural intervention trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Africa, we compared growth of infants up to 6 months of age living in communities where peer ...

    • Individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda 

      Nankunda, Jolly (Doctoral thesis, 2012-02-06)
      Introduction Breastfeeding remains a potent child survival strategy estimated to save up to 1.5 million infant deaths every year when optimally practiced. Despite breastfeeding being universal in most of sub-Saharan Africa, ...

    • Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach 

      Fadnes, Lars Thore; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Moland, Karen Marie; Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-06)
      Background Health workers' counselling practices are essential to improve infant feeding practices. This paper will assess how infant feeding counselling was done and experienced by counsellors and mothers in Eastern Uganda ...

    • Malaria Parasitaemia among Infants and Its Association with Breastfeeding Peer Counselling and Vitamin A Supplementation: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial 

      Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankunda, Jolly; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tumwine, James K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-07)
      Background: Malaria is the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Africa and there is a need to identify low cost prevention strategies. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of malaria ...

    • Outcome of infants with 10 min Apgar scores of 0-1 in a low-resource setting 

      Tylleskär, Thorkild; Cavallin, Francesco; Höök, Susanna Myrnerts; Pejovic, Nicolas; Lubulwa, Clare; Byamugisha, Josaphat; Nankunda, Jolly; Trevisanuto, Daniele (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background In high-resource settings, postponing the interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from 10 to 20 min after birth has been recently suggested, but data from low-resource settings are lacking. We investigated ...

    • Perinatal Mortality in Eastern Uganda: A Community Based Prospective Cohort Study 

      Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Nankunda, Jolly; Sommerfelt, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-09)
      Background: To achieve a child mortality reduction according to millennium development goal 4, it is necessary to considerably reduce neonatal mortality. We report stillbirth and early neonatal mortality risks as well as ...

    • A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation 

      Pejovic, Nicolas; Höök, Susanna Myrnerts; Byamugisha, Josaphat; Alfvén, Tobias; Lubulwa, Clare; Cavallin, Francesco; Nankunda, Jolly; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Blennow, Mats; Trevisanuto, Daniele; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Face-mask ventilation is the most common resuscitation method for birth asphyxia. Ventilation with a cuffless laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has potential advantages over face-mask ventilation during neonatal ...

    • Respiratory monitoring during neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device vs. a face mask 

      Pejovic, Nicolas; Cavallin, Francesco; Mpamize, Allan; Lubulwa, Clare; Höök, Susanna Myrnerts; Byamugisha, Josaphat; Nankunda, Jolly; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Trevisanuto, Daniele (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective To evaluate the respiratory function of asphyxiated infants resuscitated with i-gel supraglottic airway (SGA) vs. face mask (FM) in a low-resource setting. Methods In this sub-study from the NeoSupra trial, ...

    • “She would sit with me": mothers’ experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breast feeding in Uganda 

      Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)
      Background: Different strategies have been used to improve the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. Peer counsellors are reported to improve exclusive breastfeeding levels, but few studies have assessed the satisfaction ...