Treatment of Infections in Young Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Frontline Health Worker Diagnosis and Antibiotic Access

Anne CC Lee, Aruna Chandran, Hadley K Herbert, Naoko Kozuki, Perry Markell, Rashed Shah, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan and Abdullah H Baqui

PLOS Medicine, 2014, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-21

Abstract: : Anne C. C. Lee and colleagues assess the factors affecting access to treatment for neonatal and infant infections in low- and middle-income countries by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of frontline health worker diagnosis and access to antibiotics. Background: Inadequate illness recognition and access to antibiotics contribute to high case fatality from infections in young infants (

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001741

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