Community-owned resource persons for malaria vector control: Enabling factors and challenges in an operational programme in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chaki, Prosper P ^a,b   Dongus, Stefan ^a,b   Fillinger, Ulrike ^c   Kelly, Ann ^c   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

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EID: 80053382081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-21     Document Type: Article

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