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Will district health centres use preloaded cell phones for pre-referral phone calls for women in labour: a randomized pilot study at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in southwest Uganda

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  1. Department of Obstetrics Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

    Hamson Kanyesigye

  2. Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda

    Obed Muhwezi & Christine Kazungu

  3. Department of Human Development and Relational Sciences, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

    Elizabeth Kemigisha

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Christy Woolcott

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Kanyesigye, H., Muhwezi, O., Kazungu, C. et al. Will district health centres use preloaded cell phones for pre-referral phone calls for women in labour: a randomized pilot study at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in southwest Uganda. Can J Public Health 110, 520–522 (2019). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-019-00222-3

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