Assessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period (first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition of illness facilitated by community health workers (CHWs), coupled with effective referral systems can result in better ch...

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Autores principales: Nsibande, Duduzile, Doherty, Tanya, Ijumba, Petrida, Tomlinson, Mark, Jackson, Debra, Sanders, David, Lawn, Joy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-47

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