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; James F Phillips

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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

e Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.

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For correspondence: James.Phillips@columbia.edu

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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

Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2016, 4 (4) 552-567; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253

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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, James F Phillips

Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2016, 4 (4) 552-567; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253

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