Skills of general health workers in primary eye care in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kalua, Khumbo ^a,b   Gichangi, Michael ^c   Barassa, Ernest ^c   Eliah, Edson ^d   Lewallen, Susan ^d,e   Courtright, Paul ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Lions SightFirst Eye Hospital   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Conjunctivitis; Health systems; Kenya; Malawi; Presbyopia; Primary eye care; Primary health care worker; Tanzania; Trauma; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900862967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-S1-S2     Document Type: Article

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