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The Effects on Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence from Utilising Community Health Workers: A Comparison of Selected Rural and Urban Settings in Kenya

INTRODUCTION: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been utilised for various primary health care activities in different settings especially in developing countries. Usually when utilised in well defined terms, they have a positive impact. To support Kenya's policy on engagement of CHWs for tub...

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Autores principales:	Ong'ang'o, Jane Rahedi, Mwachari, Christina, Kipruto, Hillary, Karanja, Simon
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088937

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