1 million community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9889, 2013, Pages 363-365

  Singh, Prabhjot ^a   Sachs, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84880917302     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62002-9     Document Type: Note

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