Effect of ethiopia's health extension program on maternal and newborn health care practices in 101 rural districts: a dose-response study.

BACKGROUND: Improving newborn survival is essential if Ethiopia is to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4. The national Health Extension Program (HEP) includes community-based newborn survival interventions. We report the effect of these interventions on changes in maternal and newborn health care...

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Main Authors: Ali Mehryar Karim, Kesetebirhane Admassu, Joanna Schellenberg, Hibret Alemu, Nebiyu Getachew, Agazi Ameha, Luche Tadesse, Wuleta Betemariam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672192?pdf=render