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Benefits and Limitations of a Community-Engaged Emergency Referral System in a Remote, Impoverished Setting of Northern Ghana

Sneha Patel, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Rofina Asuru, Christopher B Boyer, Janet Awopole Yepakeh Tiah, Mallory C Sheff, Margaret L Schmitt, Robert Alirigia, Elizabeth F Jackson and James F Phillips
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2016, 4(4):552-567; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253
Sneha Patel
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
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John Koku Awoonor-Williams
University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
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Rofina Asuru
University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
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Christopher B Boyer
Innovations for Poverty Action, New York, NY, USA.
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Janet Awopole Yepakeh Tiah
University Research Corporation, Accra, Ghana.
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Mallory C Sheff
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Margaret L Schmitt
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Robert Alirigia
Jhpiego Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
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Elizabeth F Jackson
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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James F Phillips
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vol. 4 no. 4 552-567
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253
PubMed 
28031297

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: August 9, 2016
  • Accepted: October 11, 2016
  • Published online December 28, 2016.

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© Patel et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253

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  1. Sneha Patela,
  2. John Koku Awoonor-Williamsb,
  3. Rofina Asurub,
  4. Christopher B Boyerc,
  5. Janet Awopole Yepakeh Tiahd,
  6. Mallory C Sheffe,
  7. Margaret L Schmitte,
  8. Robert Alirigiaf,
  9. Elizabeth F Jacksone,
  10. James F Phillipse⇑
  1. a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
  2. b University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
  3. c Innovations for Poverty Action, New York, NY, USA.
  4. d University Research Corporation, Accra, Ghana.
  5. e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
  6. f Jhpiego Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
  1. Correspondence to James F Phillips (James.Phillips{at}columbia.edu).
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