Internally displaced human resources for health: Villager health worker partnerships to scale up a malaria control programme in active conflict areas of eastern Burma

Global Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-241

  Lee, C I ^a   Smith, L S ^a   Shwe Oo, E K ^a   Scharschmidt, B C ^a   Whichard, E ^a,b   Kler, Thart ^a   Lee, T J ^a,c   Richards, A K ^a,d  

^a Tak   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resources for health; Human rights; Internally displaced persons; Malaria control; Village health workers

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MYANMAR; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUGEES; WAR;

EID: 65649096311     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690802676360     Document Type: Article

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