Accelerating newborn survival in Ghana through a low-dose, high-frequency health worker training approach: a cluster randomized trial

• Main Authors: Patricia P. Gomez (Author), Allyson R. Nelson (Author), Amos Asiedu (Author), Etta Addo (Author), Dora Agbodza (Author), Chantelle Allen (Author), Martha Appiagyei (Author), Cynthia Bannerman (Author), Patience Darko (Author), Julia Duodu (Author), Fred Effah (Author), Hannah Tappis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Newborn deaths comprise nearly half of under-5 deaths in Ghana, despite the fact that skilled birth attendants (SBAs) are present at 68% of births, which implies that evidence-based care during labor, birth and the immediate postnatal period may be deficient. We assessed the effe...