Developing the national community health assistant strategy in Zambia: A policy analysis

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zulu, Joseph Mumba ^a,b   Kinsman, John ^b   Michelo, Charles ^a   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human resources; National community health assistant strategy; Policy analysis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MOTIVATION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84880334782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-24     Document Type: Article

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