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Role of community health volunteers in identifying people with elevated blood pressure for diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension in Malawi: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been greater recognition of the important role of community health volunteers in many countries and their important role informs many health programs. This include health education, provision of services such as screening, monitoring and referral to health faci...

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Autores principales:	Safary, Elvis, Mwandeti, Micrina, Matanje, Beatrice, Beiersmann, Claudia, Mtaita, Caroline, Shiroya, Veronica, Winkler, Volker, Deckert, Andreas, Kumar, Pratap, Phiri, Sam, Neuhann, Florian
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8325216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34330218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02171-7

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