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Effectiveness of community health workers on identification and mobilization of persons living with epilepsy in rural Rwanda using a validated screening tool

INTRODUCTION: Engagement and training of community health workers (CHWs) have demonstrated their value in different conditions. Despite repeat epilepsy trainings of CHWs in Northern Rwanda, the treatment gap remained high. We hypothesized that effectiveness of CHWs on mobilization of patients living...

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Autores principales:	Sebera, Fidele, Dedeken, Peter, Kayirangwa, Jeannine, Umwiringirwa, Josiane, Kajeneza, Delphine, dos Reis, Nicole Alves, Leers, Tim, Teuwen, Dirk E., Boon, Paul A. J. M.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8780363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35062963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00704-5

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