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Improving the performance of community health workers in Swaziland: findings from a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: The performance of community health workers (CHWs) in Swaziland has not yet been studied despite the existence of a large national CHW program in the country. This qualitative formative research study aimed to inform the design of future interventions intended to increase the performance...

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Autores principales:	Geldsetzer, Pascal, De Neve, Jan-Walter, Boudreaux, Chantelle, Bärnighausen, Till, Bossert, Thomas J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28923076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-017-0236-x

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