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Scaling up the delivery of refractive error services within a district health system: the KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa experience

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the health service is based on a Primary Health Care (PHC) philosophy with the District Health System (DHS) as the locus of delivery. However eye care services, particularly primary eye care, refractive error and low vision, have not been prioritised accordingly. Hence t...

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Autores principales:	Naidoo, Kovin S, Naidoo, Kesi, Maharaj, Yashika, Ramson, Prasidh, Wallace, Diane, Dabideen, Reshma
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24074239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-361

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