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Community perceptions and practices of treatment seeking for childhood pneumonia: a mixed methods study in a rural district, Ghana

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends community case management of malaria and pneumonia for reduction of under-five mortality in developing countries. Caregivers’ perception and understanding of the illness influences the care a sick child receives. Studies in Ghana and elsewhere hav...

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Autores principales:	Abbey, Mercy, Chinbuah, Margaret A., Gyapong, Margaret, Bartholomew, L. Kay, van den Borne, Bart
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27549163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3513-z

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