Supporting Over
500+ Preterm Babies
Our work is dedicated to improving the situation of mothers and newborn infants in Uganda across the full spectrum of care through;
Supporting Pregnancy Mothers with high risk of their baby born premature and bridging the gap between parents, healthcare experts from different disciplines, with the common goal of improving long-term health of preterm and newborn children.
With our activities we want to reduce preterm birth rates, ensure the best possible treatment, care, and support and to improve the long-term health of preterm infants and newborns with illnesses.
We are proud to share that PIPNU has been honoured with a distinguished award from the Global Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants in recognition of our continued commitment to improving neonatal health and care.
The award ceremony took place in Germany, where our Managing Director, Mr. Bazilio, had the honour of attending the event and receiving the award on behalf of the entire PIPNU team.
This global recognition is a testament to the tireless efforts of our staff, partners, and supporters who share our mission to provide the best possible care for newborns. We are deeply grateful to the Foundation for this acknowledgment, and we remain inspired to continue our work with even greater passion and purpose.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
The Preterm Infant Parents Network Uganda (PIPNU), in partnership with Dimagi, is transforming how communities care for preterm babies. Through the Kangaroo Mother Care community follow-up programme, we are ensuring that families are not left alone once they leave the hospital.
With the dedication of more than 40 volunteer mothers, we have already reached over 5,000 preterm babies across Kampala. These mothers provide home visits, counseling, growth monitoring, and guidance on kangaroo care—walking beside families during the most critical months of a child’s life.
Our partnership with Dimagi brings in the power of CommCare technology, allowing our volunteers to track health data, follow up with families efficiently, and connect parents to health facilities when extra care is needed. This combination of community love and digital innovation is giving Uganda’s tiniest fighters a stronger chance at survival.
Together with Dimagi, we are building a future where every preterm baby in Uganda has the opportunity not only to survive, but to thrive.
Every small heartbeat deserves a big future.
Raising awareness and increasing our impact is what our network strives to take action on. Our efforts are around making media rounds on radio, Television and social media sharing knowledge on prematurity, caring for a preterm baby, hygiene, and pregnancy related conditions like pre-eclampsia, post discharge home care for preterm among others. We aim to inform, empower and support parents and caregivers of preterm babies, families, parent’s groups, medical experts, educators, political decision-makers and many more.
Many mothers face challenges after leaving the hospital because preterm babies have low immunity and get complications any time. This leaves the mother desperate for immediate counsel in case any issues raise up. Because of this, we created the parent support groups where mothers can share and support each other; In addition, there is a medical expert on the group to give professional advice. They advise the mothers whose preterm babies are experiencing conditions that need urgent attention and require visiting a health care facility.
Preterm Infant Parents Network Uganda organizes a number of trainings to give parents, caregivers, and health workers a better understanding of what prematurity is, together with the knowledge and skills, they need to care for a preterm baby. This improves their confidence in caring for preterm babies, which positively influences the baby’s chances at good health and a normal life. We do post discharge trainings, KMC training, lifesaving actions, nutrition and feeding among others.
Through our Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) community follow-up programme, PIPNU has reached over 5,000 children across Kampala’s metropolitan areas. With the dedication of more than 40 volunteer mothers, we provide home visits, growth monitoring, guidance on kangaroo care, and emotional support for parents. These volunteers—many of them mothers of preterm babies themselves—bring hope, encouragement, and practical care into the heart of families.
We have weekly trainings on a number of pretem Topics for both inside and outside parents
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We work with a number of partners and organisations that share the same vision as us, that every preterm baby derseves achance to live.
