Health systems supports for community case management of childhood illness: Lessons from an assessment of early implementation in Malawi

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Callaghan Koru, Jennifer A ^a   Gilroy, Kate ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a   George, Asha ^a   Nsona, Humphreys ^b   Mtimuni, Angella ^b   Zakeyo, Bernie ^c   Mayani, Josiah ^d   Cardemil, Cristina V ^e   Bryce, Jennifer ^a  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c University of Malawi College of Medicine ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Community case management; Community health workers; Drug supply; Job aids; Malawi; Supervision

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84873489905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-55     Document Type: Article

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