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The effectiveness of treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) delivered by community health workers compared to a traditional facility based model
BACKGROUND: In most health systems, Community Health Workers (CHWs) identify and screen for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the community. This study aimed to investigate the potential of integrating SAM identification and treatment delivered by CHWs, in order to improve the coverage of SAM treat...
Autores principales: | Alvarez Morán, J. L., Alé, G. B. Franck, Charle, P., Sessions, N., Doumbia, S., Guerrero, S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5870488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29580238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2987-z |
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