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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The
effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa.
Methods:24 communities ...
Allergy and infant feeding guidelines in the context of resource-constrained settings
(American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2016)
Recent discussions about the need for revised infant feeding
guidelines in the context of allergy are founded in substantial
evidence-based research. Key studies (Table I)1-5 undertaken in
high-income country settings ...
Costs of implementing integrated community case management (iCCM) in six African countries: implications for sustainability
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)
BACKGROUND Sub–Saharan Africa still reports the highest rates of under–
five mortality. Low cost, high impact interventions exist, however
poor access remains a challenge. Integrated community case management
(iCCM) was ...
Child Support Grant access and receipt among 12-week-old infants in an urban township setting in South Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Cash transfers (CTs) are increasingly used as a strategy to alleviate poverty and improve child
health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The Child Support Grant (CSG) is the largest CT
programme ...
Assessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaAssessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Biomed CentralBiomed Central, 2013)
Background: Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period
(first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition of illness facilitated by community health ...
The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision
of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified
a ...
Reduction in Child mortality in Niger
(Elsevier, 2013)
The Article by Agbessi Amouzou and colleagues1 is a welcome effort to document the successful reduction in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in Niger. Amouzou and colleagues suggest that universal access to primary health ...