Community health workers: A crucial role in newborn health care and survival

doi:10.7189/jogh.04.020302

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. 2014 Dec;4(2):020302.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.020302.

Community health workers: A crucial role in newborn health care and survival

Samira Aboubaker¹, Shamim Qazi¹, Cathy Wolfheim¹, Adebowale Oyegoke², Rajiv Bahl¹

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DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.020302

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Community health workers: A crucial role in newborn health care and survival

Samira Aboubaker et al. J Glob Health. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;4(2):020302.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.020302.

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Samira Aboubaker¹, Shamim Qazi¹, Cathy Wolfheim¹, Adebowale Oyegoke², Rajiv Bahl¹

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¹ World Health Organization.
² King's College London School of Medicine.

PMID: 25520788
PMCID: PMC4267086
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.020302

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[1] George A, Menotti EP, Rivera D, Montes I, Reyes CM, Marsh DR. Community case management of childhood illness in Nicaragua: Transforming health systems in underserved rural areas. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009;20(4) Suppl:99–115. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0205. - DOI - PubMed

[2] George A, Menotti EP, Rivera D, Montes I, Reyes CM, Marsh DR. Community case management of childhood illness in Nicaragua: Transforming health systems in underserved rural areas. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009;20(4) Suppl:99–115. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0205. - DOI - PubMed

[3] Yeboah–Antwi K, Pilingana P, Macleod WB, Semrau K, Siazeele K.Kalesha Pet al. Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: A cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med 20107e1000340.10.1371/journal.pmed.1000340 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Yeboah–Antwi K, Pilingana P, Macleod WB, Semrau K, Siazeele K.Kalesha Pet al. Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: A cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med 20107e1000340.10.1371/journal.pmed.1000340 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] UN Interagency group for child mortality estimation. Report 2014. Levels and trends in child mortality. New York: UNICEF, 2014. Available at: http://www.childmortality.org/files_v17/download/UNICEF%202014%20IGME%20.... Accessed: 1 October 2014.

[6] UN Interagency group for child mortality estimation. Report 2014. Levels and trends in child mortality. New York: UNICEF, 2014. Available at: http://www.childmortality.org/files_v17/download/UNICEF%202014%20IGME%20.... Accessed: 1 October 2014.

[7] Save the Children International. State of the world’s mothers: surviving the first day. London, UK: Save the Children International, 2013.

[8] Save the Children International. State of the world’s mothers: surviving the first day. London, UK: Save the Children International, 2013.

[9] The Partnership for Maternal. Newborn and Child Health. Global strategy for women’s and children’s health, United Nations Secretary–General, 2010. Available at: http://www.who.int/pmnch/activities/advocacy/fulldocument_globalstrategy.... Accessed: 1 October 2014.

[10] The Partnership for Maternal. Newborn and Child Health. Global strategy for women’s and children’s health, United Nations Secretary–General, 2010. Available at: http://www.who.int/pmnch/activities/advocacy/fulldocument_globalstrategy.... Accessed: 1 October 2014.

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