Lower mortality is observed among low birth weight young infants who have received home-based care by female community health volunteers in rural Nepal.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on July 11, 2017

Authors

Dinesh Neupane1,2,3, Penny Dawson4, Robin Houston4, Liladhar Dhakal4, Jaganath Sharma4, K C Gargi4, Christina Lagos4, Vishnu Khanal5, Shiva Raj Mishra5, Per Kallestrup6

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. neupane.dinesh@gmail.com.
2: JSI Research and Training Institute Inc, Kathmandu, Nepal. neupane.dinesh@gmail.com.
3: Nepal Development Society, Chitwan, Nepal. neupane.dinesh@gmail.com.
4: JSI Research and Training Institute Inc, Kathmandu, Nepal.
5: Nepal Development Society, Chitwan, Nepal.
6: Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

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