Lower mortality is observed among low birth weight young infants who have received home-based care by female community health volunteers in rural Nepal

• Main Authors: Dinesh Neupane (Author), Penny Dawson (Author), Robin Houston (Author), Liladhar Dhakal (Author), Jaganath Sharma (Author), KC Gargi (Author), Christina Lagos (Author), Vishnu Khanal (Author), Shiva Raj Mishra (Author), Per Kallestrup (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There has been little success in attempts to reduce the proportion of births with low birth weight (LBW). However, deaths associated with LBW may be prevented with extra attention to warmth, feeding, and prevention or early treatment of infections. There are few studies on this i...