Home visits by community health workers in rural South Africa have a limited, but important impact on maternal and child health in the first two years of life

Home visits by community health workers in rural South Africa have a limited, but important impact on maternal and child health in the first two years of life

Abstract Background More than 50% of Africa’s population lives in rural areas, which have few professional health workers. South Africa has adopted task shifting health care to Community Health Workers (CHWs) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, but little is known about CHWs’ efficacy in r...

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Main Authors: Linnea Stansert Katzen, Mark Tomlinson, Joan Christodoulou, Christina Laurenzi, Ingrid le Roux, Venetia Baker, Nokwanele Mbewu, Karl W. le Roux, Mary Jane Rotheram Borus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Maternal depression
Community health workers
Maternal and child health
Breastfeeding
Rural health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05436-7

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