Time savings--realized and potential--and fair compensation for community health workers in Kenyan health facilities: a mixed-methods approach.

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Published in Hum Resour Health on January 30, 2015

Authors

Laura D Sander1, David Holtzman2, Mark Pauly3, Jennifer Cohn4

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1000 E. Eager Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA. lsande15@jhmi.edu.
2: Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative, Maseru, Lesotho. daveholtzman@gmail.com.
3: University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, USA. pauly@wharton.upenn.edu.
4: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jecohn6@gmail.com.

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