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Challenges Faced by Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Amuru, Gulu and Pader Districts in Northern Uganda

Primary health care provision through innovative community level interventions such as the Village Health Team (VHT) concept in Uganda can be a rational way of achieving universal access to healthcare. This cross-sectional study interviewed 150 VHT members and 16 key informants in three districts in...

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Autores principales:	Kimbugwe, Geofrey, Mshilla, Maghanga, Oluka, Denis, Nalikka, Olivia, Kyangwa, Joseph, Zalwango, Stella, Kilizza, Uthuman, Turyasiima, Munanura, Ntambazi, Louis, Walugembe, Fred, Galiwango, Julius
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	2014
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26301128 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpm.2014.49084

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