National scale-up of integrated community case management in rural Ethiopia: Implementation and early lessons learned

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-26

  Legesse, Hailemariam ^a   Degefie, Tedbabe ^a   Hiluf, Mihret ^a   Sime, Kassahun ^b   Tesfaye, Challa ^b   Abebe, Hailu ^b   Kebede, Helina ^b   Pearson, Luwei ^a   Kassaye, Assaye ^a   Taylor, Mary ^c  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Community case management; Community health worker; Ethiopia; Health system; Implementation

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84929941877     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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