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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
a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
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John Koku Awoonor-Williams
b University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
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Rofina Asuru
b University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
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Christopher B Boyer
c Innovations for Poverty Action, New York, NY, USA.
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Janet Awopole Yepakeh Tiah
d University Research Corporation, Accra, Ghana.
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Mallory C Sheff
e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Margaret L Schmitt
e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Robert Alirigia
f Jhpiego Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
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Elizabeth F Jackson
e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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James F Phillips
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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, James F Phillips
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Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2016, 4 (4) 552-567; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253
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