Cost and cost-effectiveness of newborn home visits: findings from the Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Ghana

Background: Every year, 2·9 million newborn babies die worldwide. A meta-analysis of four cluster-randomised controlled trials estimated that home visits by trained community members in programme settings in Ghana and south Asia reduced neonatal mortality by 12% (95% CI 5–18). We aimed to estimate t...

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Main Authors: Ms Catherine Pitt, MSc, Theresa Tawiah, MSc, Seyi Soremekun, PhD, Augustinus H A ten Asbroek, PhD, Alexander Manu, PhD, Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang, MSc, Zelee Hill, PhD, Seth Owusu-Agyei, PhD, Prof. Betty R Kirkwood, FMedSci, Prof. Kara Hanson, SD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15002077