Readiness for Essential Care of the Small Baby Practice in Rwanda: An exploratory study

- That the health centers lacked some essential drugs needed to care for these babies .
- The health center nurses/midwives lacked the knowledge of what is hypothermia or low respiratory rate is for the small baby.
- Midwives and nurses irrespective of experience or education were resistant to caring for a baby that weighed less than 2.5 kg.
- That the health center nurses/midwives felt that the lack of materials and staff was a barrier to caring for the small baby.