Outreach services to improve access to health care in South Africa: lessons from three community health worker programmes.

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Published in Glob Health Action on January 24, 2013

Authors

Nonhlanhla Nxumalo1, Jane Goudge, Liz Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. nonhlanhla.nxumalo@wits.ac.za

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