Implementing facility-based kangaroo mother care services: lessons from a multi-country study in Africa

Table 1 Selected national newborn statistics of the four study countries

Indicator	Malawi	Mali	Rwanda	Uganda
Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births^a[2]	27	49	21	28
Annual number of neonatal deaths^a[1]	18,000	39,000	9,000	43,000
Preterm birth rate^b[12]	18%	12%	10%	14%
Neonatal deaths due to preterm complications^b[1]	36%	33%	34%	38%
Births in a health facility^c[13]	73%	55%	69%	57%

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