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Community Health Volunteers in Primary Healthcare in Rural Uganda: Factors Influencing Performance

INTRODUCTION: Community health volunteers (CHVs) play an integral role in primary healthcare. Several countries rely on CHV programs as a major element in improving access to care and attaining universal health coverage. However, their performance has been heterogeneous and at times context-specific...

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Autores principales:	Kuule, Yusufu, Dobson, Andrew Eric, Woldeyohannes, Desalegn, Zolfo, Maria, Najjemba, Robinah, Edwin, Birungi Mutahunga R., Haven, Nahabwe, Verdonck, Kristien, Owiti, Philip, Wilkinson, Ewan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:	Public Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28424765 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00062

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