Task-shifting: experiences and opinions of health workers in Mozambique and Zambia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ferrinho, Paulo ^a   Sidat, Mohsin ^a,b   Goma, Fastone ^c   Dussault, Gilles ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA   (Zambia)

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EID: 84866147801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-34     Document Type: Article

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