Effects of community health volunteers on infectious diseases of children under five in Volta Region, Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

• Hauptverfasser: Yeonji Ma (Verfasst von), Heunghee Kim (Verfasst von), Yinseo Cho (Verfasst von), Jaeeun Lee (Verfasst von), Joseph Kwami Degley (Verfasst von), Abdul-Ghaffa Adam (Verfasst von), Gyuhong Lee (Verfasst von), Hoonsang Lee (Verfasst von), Seungman Cha (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In many low- and middle-income countries, community health volunteers (CHVs) are employed as a key element of the public health system in rural areas with poor accessibility. However, few studies have assessed the effectiveness of CHVs in improving child health in sub-Saharan Afr...