Fred Binka|Ayaga A. Bawah|James F. Phillips|Abraham Hodgson|Martin Adjuik|Bruce MacLeod
Rapid achievement of the child survival millennium development goal: evidence from the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana
University of Ghana|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Navrongo Health Research Centre|University of Southern Maine
determine impact deploying nurses volunteers village locations demographic health outcomeswe implemented experimental design emphasizes value aligning community health services traditional social institutions organize village life data analysis come navrongo demographic surveillance system longitudinal database tracks fertility mortality migration events time experiment uses conventional demographic methods estimating mortality rates longitudinal demographic surveillance registersposting nurses community locations reduced childhood mortality rates half 3 years accelerated attainment childhoodsurvival millennium development goal mdg study areas relative trends observed comparison areasresults navrongo experiment demonstrate community health family planning programmes impact childhood mortality posting nurses communities dramatically accelerate pace progress achieving childhoodsurvival mdgs communityvolunteer approaches however additional impact finding challenges child survival value international investment volunteerbased health programmes total cost intensive arm project less 10 per capita per year navrongo research thus demonstrates affordable means attaining child survival mdg agenda existing technologies