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The Ghana essential health interventions program: a plausibility trial of the impact of health systems strengthening on maternal & child survival

BACKGROUND: During the 1990s, researchers at the Navrongo Health Research Centre in northern Ghana developed a highly successful community health program. The keystone of the Navrongo approach was the deployment of nurses termed community health officers to village locations. A trial showed that, co...

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Autores principales:	Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Bawah, Ayaga A, Nyonator, Frank K, Asuru, Rofina, Oduro, Abraham, Ofosu, Anthony, Phillips, James F
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3668206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-S2-S3

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