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Skills of general health workers in primary eye care in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Primary eye care (PEC) in sub-Saharan Africa usually means the diagnosis, treatment, and referral of eye conditions at the most basic level of the health system by primary health care workers (PHCWs), who receive minimal training in eye care as part of their curricula. We undertook this...

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Autores principales:	Kalua, Khumbo, Gichangi, Michael, Barassa, Ernest, Eliah, Edson, Lewallen, Susan, Courtright, Paul
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108885/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25860909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-12-S1-S2

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