Implementation experience during an eighteen month intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nzinga, Jacinta ^a   Ntoburi, Stephen ^a   Wagai, John ^a   Mbindyo, Patrick ^a   Mbaabu, Lairumbi ^a   Migiro, Santau ^c   Wamae, Annah ^c   Irimu, Grace ^a,d   English, Mike ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 68949192315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-45     Document Type: Article

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