Impact of a community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) programme in Gegharkunik, Armenia
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Impact of a community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) programme in Gegharkunik, Armenia.
BACKGROUND Maternal and child health status in the Martuni region of Gegharkunik marz, Armenia, precipitously declined following Armenia's independence in 1991. In response, the American Red Cross (ARC) and the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) implemented the WHO community-level Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy, complementing recent clinical IMCI training in the reg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn048