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Shah, Rashed
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Saving Young Children from Forgotten Killer: Pneumonia
Since 1990, the global community accomplished a 60% drop in mortality of children under the age of five. This progress is remarkable and a cause for celebration. However, 5.2 million small children still die each year to preventable causes, with phenomena
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Barriers and Enablers for Practicing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in Rural Sindh, Pakistan
Save the Children conducted this qualitative study in two health facilities of Sindh, Pakistan from October to December 2016 to understand the key barriers and enablers to a mother's ability to practice Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), and the feasibility of i
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Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of Childhood Infection Saves Lives in Hard-to-Reach Communities in Nicaragua
This document evaluates the impact of Nicaragua's integrated community case management program for hard-to-read rural communities.
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Assessment of MNCH Services Provided by Private Health Care Providers in Kibra Sub-County of Nairobi County
In Kenya, as in many African countries, the healthcare landscape is made up of both public and private health care providers (PHCPs). Often, it is where clients – including those who live in informal settlements- first seek care. This care is typically de
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Time Volunteered on Community Health Activities by Brigadistas in Nicaragua
"Brigadistas de Salud" are unpaid volunteers trained by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health to implement the National Community Programme for Health and Nutrition. Brigadistas are part of an integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) strategy that aims to
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Equity Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Care Indicators: results from the Bardiya district of Nepal
This document measures equity improvements after the implementation of a Community Based Newborn Care Package in the Bardiya district of Nepal. The results of this study indicate that community-based interventions delivered by female community health volu
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Contribution of Community-based Newborn Health Promotion to Reducing Inequities in Healthy Newborn Care Practices and Knowledge: Evidence of improvement from a three-district pilot program in Malawi
Inequities in both health status and coverage of health services are considered important barriers to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Community-based health promotion is a strategy that is believed to reduce inequities in rural low-income setting