Staff attrition among community health workers in home-based care programmes for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya.

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Published in Health Policy on June 08, 2010

Authors

Charles Omondi Olang'o1, Isaac K Nyamongo, Jens Aagaard-Hansen

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. kolango2003@yahoo.com

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