Improving newborn care practices through home visits: lessons from Malawi, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda

Improving newborn care practices through home visits: lessons from Malawi, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda

Background: Nearly all newborn deaths occur in low- or middle-income countries. Many of these deaths could be prevented through promotion and provision of newborn care practices such as thermal care, early and exclusive breastfeeding, and hygienic cord care. Home visit programmes promoting these pra...

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Main Authors: Deborah Sitrin, Tanya Guenther, Peter Waiswa, Sarah Namutamba, Gertrude Namazzi, Srijana Sharma, KC Ashish, Sayed Rubayet, Subrata Bhadra, Reuben Ligowe, Emmanuel Chimbalanga, Elizabeth Sewell, Kate Kerber, Allisyn Moran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-03-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
newborn
neonatal
postnatal
home visit
community-based
community health worker
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/23963/pdf_64#

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