Insights from Uganda on how to fight the scourge of child mortality
When a child is born, especially in underserved settings, the first minute of their life can too often be their last. A new approach in Uganda offers hope.
Peter Waiswa is a Ugandan medical doctor trained in Public Health. Currently, Dr. Waiswa is an Associate Professor at Makerere University School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Uganda and also a visiting Researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. He is the Founder and Coordinator of the INDEPTH Network Maternal and Newborn Research Group in Accra, Ghana, and the Makerere University Maternal and Newborn Centre of Excellence in Uganda. Dr. Waiswa is a member of the WHO Advisory Board for Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.