Accelerating newborn survival in Ghana through a low-dose, high-frequency health worker training approach: a cluster randomized trial

Accelerating newborn survival in Ghana through a low-dose, high-frequency health worker training approach: a cluster randomized trial

Abstract Background Newborn deaths comprise nearly half of under-5 deaths in Ghana, despite the fact that skilled birth attendants (SBAs) are present at 68% of births, which implies that evidence-based care during labor, birth and the immediate postnatal period may be deficient. We assessed the effe...

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Main Authors: Patricia P. Gomez, Allyson R. Nelson, Amos Asiedu, Etta Addo, Dora Agbodza, Chantelle Allen, Martha Appiagyei, Cynthia Bannerman, Patience Darko, Julia Duodu, Fred Effah, Hannah Tappis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Pregnancy
Labor
Birth
Stillbirth
Newborn
Resuscitation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-018-1705-5

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