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Effectiveness of a large-scale, sustained and comprehensive community health worker program in improving population health: the experience of an urban health district in South Africa

INTRODUCTION: South Africa is an upper middle-income country with wide wealth inequality. It faces a quadruple burden of disease and poor health outcomes, with access to appropriate and adequate health care a challenge for millions of South Africans. The introduction of large-scale, comprehensive co...

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Autores principales:	Thomas, L. S., Buch, E., Pillay, Y., Jordaan, J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8686370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34930328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00696-8

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