Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: Baseline results from three study districts in Zambia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mutale, Wilbroad ^a,b   Ayles, Helen ^b,c   Bond, Virginia ^b,c   Mwanamwenge, Margaret T ^c   Balabanova, Dina ^b  

^a Department of Community Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

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EID: 84874011563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-8     Document Type: Article

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