Can lay health workers support the management of hypertension? Findings of a cluster randomised trial in South Africa

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Goudge, Jane ^a   Chirwa, Tobias ^a   Eldridge, Sandra ^b   Gómez Olivé, Francesc Xavier F ^c   Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa ^c   Limbani, Felix ^a   Musenge, Eustasius ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85059813919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000577     Document Type: Article

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