Effect of shortened Integrated Management of Childhood Illness training on classification and treatment of under-five children seeking care in Rwanda

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-104

  Harerimana, Jean Modeste ^a   Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia ^a   Ahoranayezu, Jean Bosco ^b   Bikorimana, Ferdinand ^c   Hedt Gauthier, Bethany L ^a,d   Muldoon, Katherine A ^e   Mills, Edward J ^f,g   Ntaganira, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Community Vision Initiative ^*  (Rwanda)

^c Rwandan Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Cost saving; IMCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN DEATH; NURSE; RWANDA; TRAINING;

EID: 84901351468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S56520     Document Type: Article

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