The added value of a mobile application of Community Case Management on referral, re-consultation and hospitalization rates of children aged under 5 years in two districts in Northern Malawi: study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background There is evidence to suggest that frontline community health workers in Malawi are under-referring children to higher-level facilities. Integrating a digitized version of paper-based methods of Community Case Management (CCM) could strengthen delivery, increasing urgent referral...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2213-z |