Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Current Indicators for Measuring Coverage of Diarrhea Treatment Interventions and Opportunities for Improvement
Open Access
- 7 May 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 10 (5) , e1001385
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001385
Abstract
In a PLOS Medicine Review, Christa Fischer Walker and colleagues examine the diarrhea severity and treatment indicators that are currently collected in two large-scale community-based household surveys and suggest several ways to improve these coverage indicators.Keywords
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