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Quality of hospital care for sick newborns and severely malnourished children in Kenya: A two-year descriptive study in 8 hospitals

BACKGROUND: Given the high mortality associated with neonatal illnesses and severe malnutrition and the development of packages of interventions that provide similar challenges for service delivery mechanisms we set out to explore how well such services are provided in Kenya. METHODS: As a sub-compo...

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Autores principales:	Gathara, David, Opiyo, Newton, Wagai, John, Ntoburi, Stephen, Ayieko, Philip, Opondo, Charles, Wamae, Annah, Migiro, Santau, Mogoa, Wycliffe, Wasunna, Aggrey, Were, Fred, Irimu, Grace, English, Mike
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22078071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-307

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