Care Groups II: A Summary of the Child Survival Outcomes Achieved Using Volunteer Community Health Workers in Resource-Constrained Settings

Henry Perry; Melanie Morrow; Thomas Davis; Sarah Borger; Jennifer Weiss; Mary DeCoster; Jim Ricca; Pieter Ernst

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00052

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Care Groups II: A Summary of the Child Survival Outcomes Achieved Using Volunteer Community Health Workers in Resource-Constrained Settings

Henry Perry, Melanie Morrow, Thomas Davis, Sarah Borger, Jennifer Weiss, Mary DeCoster, Jim Ricca and Pieter Ernst

Global Health: Science and Practice September 2015, 3(3):370-381; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00052

Henry Perry

aJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

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For correspondence: hperry2@jhu.edu

Melanie Morrow

bICF International, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Washington, DC, USA

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Thomas Davis

cFeed the Children, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

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Sarah Borger

dFood for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA

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Jennifer Weiss

eConcern Worldwide/US, New York, NY, USA

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Mary DeCoster

dFood for the Hungry, Washington, DC, USA

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Jim Ricca

bICF International, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Washington, DC, USA

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Pieter Ernst

fJhpiego, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Washington, DC, USA

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Henry Perry, Melanie Morrow, Thomas Davis, Sarah Borger, Jennifer Weiss, Mary DeCoster, Jim Ricca, Pieter Ernst

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Henry Perry, Melanie Morrow, Thomas Davis, Sarah Borger, Jennifer Weiss, Mary DeCoster, Jim Ricca, Pieter Ernst

Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2015, 3 (3) 370-381; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00052

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