Can traditional birth attendants be trained to accurately identify septic infants, initiate antibiotics, and refer in a rural African setting?

BACKGROUND: Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality. In populations with limited access to health care, early identification of bacterial infections and initiation of antibiotics by community health workers (CHWs) could be lifesaving. It is unknown whether this strategy would be feasi...

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Autores principales: Gill, Christopher John, MacLeod, William B, Phiri-Mazala, Grace, Guerina, Nicholas G, Mirochnick, Mark, Knapp, Anna B, Hamer, Davidson H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4168634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276591
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00045

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4168634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276591
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00045

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