Volume 15 Supplement 1
Improved access to maternal, newborn and child health services: strengthening human resources for health
Research
Edited by Jean Christophe Fotso
Publication charges for this supplement were funded by Concern Worldwise US, Inc via a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editor declares that he has no competing interests and was not involved with the acceptance decision for articles in which he is an author.
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Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 1):S1
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Shifting management of a community volunteer system for improved child health outcomes: results from an operations research study in Burundi
Community-based strategies that foster frequent contact between caregivers of children under five and provide credible sources of health information are essential to improve child survival. Care Groups are a c...
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Psychosocial support and resilience building among health workers in Sierra Leone: interrelations between coping skills, stress levels, and interpersonal relationships
In low- and middle-income countries, a shortage of properly trained, supervised, motivated and equitably distributed health workers often hinder the delivery of lifesaving interventions. Various health workfor...
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Peer-driven quality improvement among health workers and traditional birth attendants in Sierra Leone: linkages between providers’ organizational skills and relationships
Sierra Leone has among the poorest maternal and child health indicators in the world and investments in public health have been predominately to increase demand for services, with fewer initiatives targeting s...
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Male engagement as a strategy to improve utilization and community-based delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services: evidence from an intervention in Odisha, India
In response to persistently poor levels of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in rural India, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched to support the provision of accessible, affordable and...
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Strengthening human resources for health systems resilience to care for mothers and children
Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 1):S6