Community health workers for universal health-care coverage: From fragmentation to synergy;Les agents sanitaires des collectivités pour la couverture sanitaire universelle: De la fragmentation à la synergie

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 847-852

  Tulenko, Kate ^a   Møgedal, Sigrun ^b   Afzal, Muhammad Mahmood ^c   Frymus, Diana ^d   Oshin, Adetokunbo ^e   Pate, Muhammad ^e   Quain, Estelle ^d   Pinel, Arletty ^f   Wynd, Shona ^g   Zodpey, Sanjay ^h  

^a SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^b Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services   (Norway)

^c Global Health Workforce Alliance   (Switzerland)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^f Genos Global   (Panama)

^g UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCOUNTABILITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LEADERSHIP; PLANNING PROCESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CAREER; COMMUNITY CARE; COORDINATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ALMA;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS;

EID: 84886991769     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.118745     Document Type: Article

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