Experiences engaging community health workers to provide maternal and newborn health services: Implementation of four programs

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 130, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S32-S39

  Haver, Jaime ^a   Brieger, William ^a   Zoungrana, Jérémie ^a   Ansari, Nasratullah ^a   Kagoma, Jean ^a  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Human resources for health; Maternal and newborn health; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84937417480     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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