Making ward-based outreach teams an effective component of human immunodeficiency virus programmes in South Africa

• Main Authors: Nireshni Naidoo (Author), Jean Railton (Author), Geoffrey Jobson (Author), Nthabiseng Matlakala (Author), Gert Marincowitz (Author), James A. McIntyre (Author), Helen Struthers (Author), Remco P.H. Peters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The implementation of ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs), comprised of community health workers (CHWs), is one of the three interventions of the South African National Department of Health's (NDoH) Primary Health Care (PHC) Re-engineering strategy for improving health outcomes. CHWs provide a ne...