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“We and the nurses are now working with one voice”: How community leaders and health committee members describe their role in Sierra Leone’s Ebola response
BACKGROUND: Across low-income settings, community volunteers and health committee members support the formal health system - both routinely and amid emergencies - by engaging in health services such as referrals and health education. During the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic, emerging reports suggest that...
Autores principales: | McMahon, Shannon A., Ho, Lara S., Scott, Kerry, Brown, Hannah, Miller, Laura, Ratnayake, Ruwan, Ansumana, Rashid |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720090 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2414-x |
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