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Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the validity (sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values) of a clinical algorithm as used by community health workers (CHWs) to detect and classify neonatal illness during routine household visits in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: CHWs evaluated breastfe...

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Main Authors:	Gary L Darmstadt (Author), Abdullah H Baqui (Author), Yoonjoung Choi (Author), Sanwarul Bari (Author), Syed M Rahman (Author), Ishtiaq Mannan (Author), ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed (Author), Samir K Saha (Author), Radwanur Rahman (Author), Stephanie Chang (Author), Peter J Winch (Author), Robert E Black (Author), Mathuram Santosham (Author), Shams El Arifeen (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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