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March 26th 2018

Deployment of community health workers across rural sub-Saharan Africa: financial considerations and operational assumptions

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McCord, Gordon C, Singh, Prabhjot and Liu, Anne

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Topics in this document

HIV/AIDS Community health Health system Health Malaria Tuberculosis Human activities Public health Health care Medicine Health sciences Community health worker Family planning Medical specialties Diarrhea Clinical medicine World Health Organization MHealth Health economics Pneumonia Neglected tropical diseases Disease System Childbirth

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.8

Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

Target 3.c

Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States

Related COFOG Divisions

7: Health 7.4: Public Health Services

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Cited by 17 other policy documents (9 of them are from other policy sources)

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