Hypertension management in rural western Kenya: a needs-based health workforce estimation model

• Main Authors: Rajesh Vedanthan (Author), Danielle J. Lee (Author), Jemima H. Kamano (Author), Omarys I. Herasme (Author), Peninah Kiptoo (Author), Deborah Tulienge (Author), Sylvester Kimaiyo (Author), Hari Balasubramanian (Author), Valentin Fuster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk for mortality in the world. Task redistribution has been shown to be efficacious for hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries. However, the workforce requirements for such a task redistribution strategy are largely un...