The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Natalie Leon (Author), David Sanders (Author), Wim Van Damme (Author), Donela Besada (Author), Emmanuelle Daviaud (Author), Nicholas P. Oliphant (Author), Rocio Berzal (Author), John Mason (Author), Tanya Doherty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a particular configuration, that deserves closer scrutiny. We identified a two-tie...