Effect on neonatal mortality of newborn infection management at health posts when referral is not possible: A cluster-randomized trial in rural Ethiopia

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 202-216

  Hailegebriel, Tedbabe Degefie ^a   Mulligan, Brian ^b   Cousens, Simon ^c   Mathewos, Bereket ^d   Wall, Steve ^e   Bekele, Abeba ^d   Russell, Jeanne ^e   Sitrin, Deborah ^e   Tensou, Biruk ^d   Lawn, Joy ^c   De Graft Johnson, Joseph ^e   Legesse, Hailemariam ^f   Hailu, Sirak ^g   Nigussie, Assaye ^h   Worku, Bogale ⁱ   Baqui, Abdullah ^j  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b John Snow Research and Training Institute Inc   (Myanmar)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Children International   (Ethiopia)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ Ethiopian Pediatrics Society   (Ethiopia)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85026869356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00312     Document Type: Article

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