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Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana

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Authors: Ayaga A.Bawah, James F. Phillips, Patrick O. Asuming, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Paul Walega, Edmund W. Kanmiki, Mallory C.Sheff and Abraham Oduro

This paper assesses the contribution of Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) strategy in mitigating the effects of poverty and low parental education on childhood mortality. It stresses that comprehensive training and provision of a package of essential are needed to achieve improved health outcomes.

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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Training

Resource Type: Evaluation

Year: 2019

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Country: Ghana

Publisher May Restrict Access: No

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