Newborn care practices and home-based postnatal newborn care programme – Mewat, Haryana, India, 2013
Background: In India, the Home Based Postnatal Newborn Care programme by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) under the National Rural Health Mission was initiated in 2011 to reduce neonatal mortality rates (NMRs). ASHAs get cash incentives for six postnatal home visits for newborn care. We st...
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Language: | English |
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2014-09-01
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Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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Online Access: | http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/237/413 |