Effect of community mobilization on appropriate care seeking for pneumonia in Haripur, Pakistan

Background: Appropriate and timely care seeking reduces mortality for childhood illnesses including pneumonia. Despite over 90 000 Lady Health Workers (LHWs) deployed in Pakistan, whose tasks included management of pneumonia, only 16% of care takers sought care from them for respiratory infection...

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Main Authors: Salim Sadruddin, Ibad ul Haque Khan, Abdul Bari, Attaullah Khan, Ijaz Ahmad, Shamim A. Qazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Global Health
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Online Access:http://jogh.org/documents/issue201501/jogh-05-010405.XML