Costing the scaling-up of human resources for health: Lessons from Mozambique and Guinea Bissau

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tyrrell, Amanda K ^a   Russo, Giuliano ^b   Dussault, Gilles ^b   Ferrinho, Paulo ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

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EID: 77954592708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-14     Document Type: Article

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