Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation

Jennifer L. Brenner; Jerome Kabakyenga; Teddy Kyomuhangi; Kathryn A. Wotton; Carolyn Pim; Moses Ntaro; Fred Norman Bagenda; Ndaruhutse Ruzazaaza Gad; John Godel; James Kayizzi; Douglas McMillan; Edgar Mulogo; Alberto Nettel-Aguirre; Nalini Singhal

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027997

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Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation

Jennifer L. Brenner ,

* E-mail: hcu@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Jerome Kabakyenga,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Teddy Kyomuhangi,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Kathryn A. Wotton,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Carolyn Pim,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Moses Ntaro,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Fred Norman Bagenda,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Ndaruhutse Ruzazaaza Gad,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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John Godel,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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James Kayizzi,

Affiliation Department of Health and Education, Icelandic International Development Agency, Kampala, Uganda
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Douglas McMillan,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Edgar Mulogo,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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Alberto Nettel-Aguirre,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Nalini Singhal

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation

Jennifer L. Brenner,
Jerome Kabakyenga,
Teddy Kyomuhangi,
Kathryn A. Wotton,
Carolyn Pim,
Moses Ntaro,
Fred Norman Bagenda,
Ndaruhutse Ruzazaaza Gad,
John Godel,
James Kayizzi

Published: December 14, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027997

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