Doubling the number of health graduates in Zambia: Estimating feasibility and costs

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tjoa, Aaron ^a   Kapihya, Margaret ^b   Libetwa, Miriam ^b   Lee, Joanne ^a   Pattinson, Charmaine ^a   McCarthy, Elizabeth ^a   Schroder, Kate ^a  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

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EID: 77956840766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-22     Document Type: Article

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