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The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township

BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being recognised as a crucial part of the health workforce in South Africa and other parts of the world. CHWs have taken on a variety of roles, including community empowerment, provision of services and linking communities with health faci...

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Autores principales:	Tsolekile, Lungiswa P., Puoane, Thandi, Schneider, Helen, Levitt, Naomi S., Steyn, Krisela
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2014
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26245419 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.693

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