Authors: Henry B. Perry, Ira Stollak & Mario Valdez
This article sought to summarize the final of ten papers that describe the implementation of the Expanded Census-Based, Impact Oriented Approach (CBIO+) by Curamericas/Guatemala in the Cuchumatanes mountains of the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. After summarizing each of the preceding papers in the series, authors discuss the findings of their assessments on various aspects of the program. They highlight results demonstrating that the CBIO+ project attained a number of notable achievements in terms of expanding the coverage of key maternal and child health interventions, improving the nutritional status of children, reducing the mortality of children and mothers, and building social capital in the communities. Overall, they conclude there is strong and consistent evidence in support of the research hypotheses under investigation. These findings suggest that the CBIO+ approach is an effective strategy in engaging communities and reducing health inequities in marginalized, difficult-to-reach populations, but authors suggest further enhancement of the CBIO+ program additional several community-based interventions including, but not limited to, the creation of a community health worker cadre trained and authorized to provide home-based neonatal care in accordance with WHO/UNICEF guidelines.
Link: Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 10. Summary, cost effectiveness, and policy implications
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Resource Topic: Cost Effectiveness, Health inequities, Maternal and Child Health, Policy implications
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2023
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Country: Guatemala
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