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Effect of Village Health Team Home Visits and Mobile Phone Consultations on Maternal and Newborn Care Practices in Masindi and Kiryandongo, Uganda: A Community-Intervention Trial

INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organisation recommends home visits conducted by Community Health Workers (in Uganda known as Village Health Teams—VHTs) in order to improve maternal and newborn health. This study measured the effect of home visits combined with mobile phone consultations on maternal...

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Autores principales:	Mangwi Ayiasi, Richard, Kolsteren, Patrick, Batwala, Vincent, Criel, Bart, Orach, Christopher Garimoi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4839625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27101379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153051

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