Combining local resources and mobile telephony to increase resort to care and reduce child mortality in Mali

In Mali, 1 child out of 6 does not reach the age of five. Most of these deaths could be avoided: children die mostly from untreated benign pathologies that could be easily cured locally. Though medical treatments are available in the local primary health centers, people resort too little and too lat...

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Main Authors: Lucie de Clerck, Anne Roos-Weil, Pierre Carpentier, Antoine de Clerck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2012-11-01
Series:Field Actions Science Reports
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/2234