Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9687, 2009, Pages 393-403

  Arifeen, Shams E ^a   Hoque, DM Emdadul ^a   Akter, Tasnima ^a   Rahman, Muntasirur ^a   Hoque, Mohammad Enamul ^a   Begum, Khadija ^a   Chowdhury, Enayet K ^a   Khan, Rasheda ^a   Blum, Lauren S ^a   Ahmed, Shakil ^a   Hossain, M Altaf ^b   Siddik, Ashraf ^a   Begum, Nazma ^a   Rahman, Qazi Sadeq ur ^a   Haque, Twaha M ^a   Billah, Sk Masum ^a   Islam, Mainul ^a   Rumi, Reza Ali ^a   Law, Erin ^a   Al Helal, ZA Motin ^b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^c   Schellenberg, Joanna ^d   Adam, Taghreed ^e   Moulton, Lawrence H ^c   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^f   Scherpbier, Robert W ^e   Victora, Cesar G ^g   Bryce, Jennifer ^c   Black, Robert E ^c   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS; LIVE BIRTH; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67651253139     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60828-X     Document Type: Article

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