Narrowing the treatment gap with equitable access: Mid-term outcomes of a community case management program in Cameroon

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 705-716

  Littrell, Megan ^a   Moukam, Laure Vartan ^b   Libite, Roger ^c   Youmba, Jean Christian ^b   Baugh, Gunther ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Cameroon Association for Social Marketing (ACMS)   (Cameroon)

^c National Institute of Statistics   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

child survival; Community case management; community health worker; diarrhoea; malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DIARRHOEA; MALARIA;

CAMEROON; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84886060472     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs110     Document Type: Article

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