Acceptability and operational feasibility of community health worker-led home phototherapy treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in rural Bangladesh

Abstract There is an unmet need for phototherapy treatment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to prevent disability and death of newborns with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Home phototherapy deployed by community health workers (CHWs) in LMICs may help increase access to essential newborn po...

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Published in:	BMC Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Farjana Jahan, Sarker Masud Parvez, Mahbubur Rahman, Sk Masum Billah, Farzana Yeasmin, Tania Jahir, Rezaul Hasan, Gary L. Darmstadt, Shams El Arifeen, Md. Mahbubul Hoque, Mohammod Shahidullah, Muhammad Shariful Islam, Sabina Ashrafee, Eric M. Foote
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-02-01
Subjects:	mHealth Community health workers Neonatal health Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia Home phototherapy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04584-7