TY - JOUR AU - Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo AU - Dunbar, Elizabeth L. AU - Watson, Samuel AU - Cundale, Katie AU - Makungwa, Henry AU - Wroe, Emily B. AU - Malindi, Charles AU - Nazimera, Lawrence AU - Palazuelos, Daniel AU - Drake, Jeanel AU - Gates, Thomas AU - van den Akker, Thomas AU - Shea, Jawaya PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/06 TI - Increasing utilisation of perinatal services: estimating the impact of community health worker program in Neno, Malawi JO - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth SP - 22 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - By 2015, Malawi had not achieved Millennium Development Goal 4, reducing maternal mortality by about 35% from 675 to 439 deaths per 100,000 livebirths. Hypothesised reasons included low uptake of antenatal care (ANC), intrapartum care, and postnatal care. Involving community health workers (CHWs) in identification of pregnant women and linking them to perinatal services is a key strategy to reinforce uptake of perinatal care in Neno, Malawi. We evaluated changes in uptake after deployment of CHWs between March 2014 and June 2016. SN - 1471-2393 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2714-8 DO - 10.1186/s12884-019-2714-8 ID - Kachimanga2020 ER -