From research to national expansion: 20 years' experience of community-based management of childhood pneumonia in Nepal
PROBLEM: Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality of children aged under five in Nepal. Research conducted by John Snow Inc. in the 1980s determined that pneumonia case management by community-based workers decreased under-five mortality by 28%. APPROACH: Female community health volunteers were sel...
Main Authors: | P Dawson, YV Pradhan, R Houston, S Karki, D Poudel, S Hodgins |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000500010&lng=en&tlng=en |
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