Rollout of community-based family health strategy (programa de saude de familia) is associated with large reductions in neonatal mortality in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Alexandra Brentani (Author), Sandra Josefina Ferraz Ellero Grisi (Author), Mauro T. Taniguchi (Author), Ana Paula Scoleze Ferrer (Author), Maria Lúcia de Moraes Bourroul (Author), Günther Fink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rationale: Several recent studies suggest that Brazil's Estratégia Saude de Familia (Family Health Strategy-FHS) has contributed to declines in mortality at the national and regional level. Comparatively little is known whether this approach is effective in urban populations with relatively ea...