Rapid achievement of the child survival millennium development goal: Evidence from the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-593

  Binka, Fred N ^a   Bawah, Ayaga A ^b   Phillips, James F ^b   Hodgson, Abraham ^c   Adjuik, Martin ^c   MacLeod, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ghana)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Ghana; Millennium Goal

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NURSE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; VOLUNTEER;

AFRICA; GHANA; NAVRONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UPPER EAST REGION; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34247229120     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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