Tackling the hard problems: Implementation experience and lessons learned in newborn health from the African Health Initiative

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Magge, Hema ^a,b,c,d,e   Chilengi, Roma ^e   Jackson, Elizabeth F ^f   Wagenaar, Bradley H ^g,h   Kante, Almamy Malick ⁱ   Hingora, Ahmed ^j   Mboya, Dominic ^j   Exavery, Amon ^j   Tani, Kassimu ^j   Manzi, Fatuma ^j   Pemba, Senga ^j   Phillips, James ^j   Ramsey, Kate ^j   Baynes, Colin ^j   Awoonor Williams, John Koku ^j   Bawah, Ayaga ^j   Nimako, Belinda Afriyie ^j   Kanlisi, Nicholas ^j   Sheff, Mallory C ^j   Kyei, Pearl ^j   Asuming, Patrick O ^j   Biney, Adriana ^j   Ayles, Helen ^j   Mwanza, Moses ^j   Chirwa, Cindy ^j   Stringer, Jeffrey ^j   Mulenga, Mary ^j   Musatwe, Dennis ^j   Chisala, Masoso ^j   Lemba, Michael ^j   Mutale, Wilbroad ^j   Drobac, Peter ^j   Rwabukwisi, Felix Cyamatare ^j   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^j   Binagwaho, Agnes ^j   Gupta, Neil ^j   Nkikabahizi, Fulgence ^j   Manzi, Anatole ^j   Condo, Jeanine ^j   Farmer, Didi Bertrand ^j   Hedt Gauthier, Bethany ^j   Sherr, Kenneth ^j   Cuembelo, Fatima ^j   Michel, Catherine ^j   Gimbel, Sarah ^j   Henley, Catherine ^j   Kariaganis, Marina ^j   Manuel, João Luis ^j   Napua, Manuel ^j   Pio, Alusio ^j   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Inshuti Mu Buzima   (Rwanda)

^d HealthCare   (United States)

^e CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Ghana; Health system strengthening; Maternal child health; Mozambique; Neonatal mortality; Newborn health; Quality of care; Rwanda; Tanzania; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; DRIVER; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RWANDA; SENSITIZATION; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOZAMBIQUE; RWANDA; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85039039001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2659-4     Document Type: Article

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