Performance of community health workers managing malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea under the community case management programme in central Uganda: A cross sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bagonza, James ^a   Kibira, Simon P S ^a   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

CHWs; Evaluation; iCCM programme; Performance; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; SCORING SYSTEM; UGANDA; CASE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84908205440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-367     Document Type: Article

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