Acknowledgements
We thank the hospital directors/administrators (Dr Nehemia Katusiime, Dr Moses Muwange, Dr Edward Nkurunziza, Dr Nathan Onyachi, Dr James Waako); paediatricians (Dr Rolland Mutumba, Dr Loy Nabirye, Dr Harriet Nambuya, Dr Irene Nayiga, Dr Sheila Oyiella); and nurse matrons of the neonatal units (Maburuka Anguparu, Agnes Batani, Gladys Bingi, Aya Esther, Abisagi Nalugwa) for their support and dedication throughout the process of implementing iKMC in the five hospitals. We also thank the OMWaNA Trial Steering Committee for their helpful input regarding the implementation of the trial and the development of this manuscript, notably Prof Elizabeth Molyneux, Prof Stefan Peterson, Dr Rebecca Nantanda, and Dr Adriano Cattaneo.