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Assessing selection procedures and roles of Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Management Committees in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services program

BACKGROUND: Community participation in health care delivery will ensure service availability and accessibility and guarantee community ownership of the program. Community-based strategies such as the involvement of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) and Community Health Management Committees (CHMCs)...

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Autores principales:	Sakeah, Evelyn, Aborigo, Raymond Akawire, Debpuur, Cornelius, Nonterah, Engelbert A., Oduro, Abraham Rexford, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33951049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249332

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