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17586307

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9579
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
There is renewed interest in the potential contribution of community health workers to child survival. Community health workers can undertake various tasks, including case management of childhood illnesses (eg, pneumonia, malaria, and neonatal sepsis) and delivery of preventive interventions such as immunisation, promotion of healthy behaviour, and mobilisation of communities. Several trials show substantial reductions in child mortality, particularly through case management of ill children by these types of community interventions. However, community health workers are not a panacea for weak health systems and will need focussed tasks, adequate remuneration, training, supervision, and the active involvement of the communities in which they work. The introduction of large-scale programmes for community health workers requires evaluation to document the impact on child survival and cost effectiveness and to elucidate factors associated with success and sustainability.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1474-547X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
369
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2121-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers.
pubmed:affiliation
Director's office, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. andy.haines@lshtm.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review