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A continuous quality improvement intervention to improve the effectiveness of community health workers providing care to mothers and children: a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) play key roles in delivering health programmes in many countries worldwide. CHW programmes can improve coverage of maternal and child health services for the most disadvantaged and remote communities, leading to substantial benefits for mothers and...

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Main Authors:	Christiane Horwood (Author), Lisa Butler (Author), Pierre Barker (Author), Sifiso Phakathi (Author), Lyn Haskins (Author), Merridy Grant (Author), Ntokozo Mntambo (Author), Nigel Rollins (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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