Is home-based diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis feasible and effective? Seven years of intervention in the Gadchiroli field trial (1996 to 2003).

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Published in J Perinatol on March 01, 2005

Authors

Abhay T Bang1, Rani A Bang, Barbara J Stoll, Sanjay B Baitule, Hanimi M Reddy, Mahesh D Deshmukh

Author Affiliations

1: Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health, Gadchiroli, India. search@satyam.net.in

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy Study of Community-Based Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections in Young Infants | NCT00189384

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