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Setting targets for human resources for eye health in sub-Saharan Africa: what evidence should be used?

With a global target set at reducing vision loss by 25% by the year 2019, sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 4.8 million blind persons will require human resources for eye health (HReH) that need to be available, appropriately skilled, supported, and productive. Targets for HReH are useful for pla...

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Autores principales:	Courtright, Paul, Mathenge, Wanjiku, Kello, Amir Bedri, Cook, Colin, Kalua, Khumbo, Lewallen, Susan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Commentary
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26984773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0107-x

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