Community health workers in Ghana: the need for greater policy attention.

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Published in BMJ Glob Health on December 02, 2016

Authors

Leonard Baatiema1,2, Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah3, Prosper Naazumah Tang3, John Kuumuori Ganle4

Author Affiliations

1: Integrated Social Development Centre, Tamale, Ghana.
2: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3: Ghana Health Service, Upper West Regional Health Directorate, Wa, Ghana.
4: School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

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