MaiMwana women's groups: A community mobilisation intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 112-119

  Rosato, Mikey ^a   Mwansambo, Charles ^b   Lewycka, Sonia ^a   Kazembe, Peter ^c   Phiri, Tambosi ^d   Malamba, Florida ^d   Newell, Marie Louise ^e   Osrin, David ^a   Costello, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

^d MaiMwana Project   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952325920     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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