Innovation in supervision and support of community health workers for better newborn survival in southern Tanzania

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-341

  Mkumbo, Elibariki ^a   Hanson, Claudia ^a,b,c   Penfold, Suzanne ^c   Manzi, Fatuma ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Newborn health; Supervision; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VOLUNTEER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; TANZANIA; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84905117809     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu016     Document Type: Article

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