%0 Journal Article
%T Home-based neonatal care by Health Extension Worker in rural Sidama Zone southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
%A Achamyelesh Gebretsadik
%A Akalewoled Alemayehu
%A Mekdes Mekonnen
%A Million Teshome
%A Yusuf Haji
%J Archive of "Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics".
%D 2018
%R 10.2147/PHMT.S179339
%X Home-based neonatal care is associated with a reduction in neonatal mortality in settings with poor access to health facility-based care. The first day of a childĄ¯s life is a day of unparalleled opportunity to spare lives and sets the level for a sound future. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and timing of home-based neonatal care by health extension workers (HEWs) in the rural Sidama Zone of southern Ethiopia
%K home-based neonatal care
%K health extension worker
%K rural Sidama
%K Ethiopia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235335/