Factors affecting recruitment and retention of community health workers in a newborn care intervention in Bangladesh

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rahman, Syed M ^a   Ali, Nabeel A ^a   Jennings, Larissa ^b   Seraji, M Habibur R ^a,b   Mannan, Ishtiaq ^a,b   Shah, Rasheduzzaman ^a,b   Al Mahmud, Arif B ^a   Bari, Sanwarul ^a   Hossain, Daniel ^a   Das, Milan K ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,b   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Winch, Peter J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 77955690185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-12     Document Type: Article

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