Community health workers of Afghanistan: A qualitative study of a national program

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Najafizada, Said Ahmad Maisam ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^a   Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Community health workers; Health system strengthening; Post conflict countries; Rural health workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928471947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-26     Document Type: Article

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