Integrated community case management of childhood illness in Ethiopia: Implementation strength and quality of care

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 424-434

  Miller, Nathan P ^a,b   Amouzou, Agbessi ^a,b   Tafesse, Mengistu ^a,c   Hazel, Elizabeth ^a,b   Legesse, Hailemariam ^a,d   Degefie, Tedbabe ^a,d   Victora, Cesar G ^a   Black, Robert E ^a,b   Bryce, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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

^c ABH Services PLC ^*  (Ethiopia)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84907274258     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0751     Document Type: Article

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