Community health workers for universal health-care coverage: from fragmentation to synergy
To achieve universal health coverage, health systems will have to reach into every community, including the poorest and hardest to access. Since Alma-Ata, inconsistent support of community health workers (CHWs) and failure to integrate them into the health system have impeded full realization of the...
Main Authors: | Kate Tulenko, Sigrun Mgedal, Muhammad Mahmood Afzal, Diana Frymus, Adetokunbo Oshin, Muhammad Pate, Estelle Quain, Arletty Pinel, Shona Wynd, Sanjay Zodpey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2013-11-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013001100847&lng=en&tlng=en |
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