The global pendulum swing towards community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of trends, geographical distribution and programmatic orientations, 2005 to 2014.

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Published in Hum Resour Health on October 26, 2016

Authors

Helen Schneider1, Dickson Okello2, Uta Lehmann3

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health & SAMRC/UWC Health Services to Systems Unit, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa. hschneider@uwc.ac.za.
2: Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
3: School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa.

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