Authors: Phillips, J. F., Bawah, A. A., & Binka, F. N.
This article compares the demographic and health impact of deploying health service nurses and volunteers in village locations. The authors found that assigning nurses to community locations to provide basic curative and preventive care substantially reduced childhood mortality and accelerates progress towards attainment of the child survival MDG. Approaches using community volunteers, however, had no impact on mortality. This study in Navrongo demonstrated that affordable and sustainable means of combining nurses’ services with volunteer action can accelerate attainment of both the International Conference on Population and Development agenda and the MDGs.
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Reproductive Health/Family Planning
Resource Type: Journal articles, Research
Year: 2006
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