Community health workers in South Africa: Where in this maze do we find ourselves?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 680-681

  Clarke, M ^a,b,c,d   Dick, Judy ^b   Lewin, Simon ^b,e  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROLE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149085702     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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