Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027997
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- Walt, Gill & Perera, Myrtle & Heggenhougen, Kris, 1989. "Are large-scale volunteer community health worker programmes feasible? The case of Sri Lanka," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 599-608, January.
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- Agnes Nanyonjo & Fredrick Makumbi & Patrick Etou & Göran Tomson & Karin Källander & for the inSCALE study group, 2013. "Perceived Quality of Care for Common Childhood Illnesses: Facility versus Community Based Providers in Uganda," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(11), pages 1-1, November.
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- Qian, Nancy & Deserranno, Erika, 2020. "Aid Crowd-Out: The Effect of NGOs on Government-Provided Public Services," CEPR Discussion Papers 14755, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Erika Deserranno & Aisha Nansamba & Nancy Qian, 2020. "The Unintended Consequences of NGO-Provided Aid on Government Services in Uganda," NBER Working Papers 26928, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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