Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa

Doherty, T.; Chopra, M.; Tomlinson, M.; Oliphant, N.; Nsibande, D.; Mason, J.

Tropical Medicine and International Health Tm and Ih 15(3): 296-305

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 1360-2276
PMID: 20070638
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02454.x
Document Number: 217036
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of child health days (CHDs) on coverage of child survival interventions, to document country experiences with CHDs and to identify ways in which CHDs have strengthened or depleted primary health care (PHC) services. METHODS: Programme evaluation in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa using both quantitative (review of routine child health indicators) and qualitative (key informant interviews) methods.

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