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Reducing the equity gap in under-5 mortality through an innovative community health program in Ethiopia: an implementation research study

Abstract Background The Ethiopian government implemented a national community health program, the Health Extension Program (HEP), to provide community-based health services to address persisting access-related barriers to care using health extension workers (HEWs). We used implementation research to...

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Main Authors:	Laura Drown (Author), Alemayehu Amberbir (Author), Alula M. Teklu (Author), Meseret Zelalem (Author), Abreham Tariku (Author), Yared Tadesse (Author), Solomon Gebeyehu (Author), Yirdachew Semu (Author), Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo (Author), Amelia VanderZanden (Author), Agnes Binagwaho (Author), Lisa R. Hirschhorn (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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