A controlled before-and-after perspective on the improving maternal, neonatal, and child survival program in rural Bangladesh: An impact analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a   Yunus, Fakir Md ^a   Shah, Rasheduzzaman ^b   Jhohura, Fatema Tuz ^a   Mistry, Sabuj Kanti ^a   Quayyum, Tasmeen ^a   Aktar, Bachera ^a   Afsana, Kaosar ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPROVING MATERNAL NEONATAL AND CHILD SURVIVAL; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUTRITION SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991251673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161647     Document Type: Article

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