Community-based health care is an essential component of a resilient health system: evidence from Ebola outbreak in Liberia
Abstract Background Trained community health workers (CHW) enhance access to essential primary health care services in contexts where the health system lacks capacity to adequately deliver them. In Liberia, the Ebola outbreak further disrupted health system function. The objective of this study is t...
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Main Authors: | Kendra Siekmans (Author), Salim Sohani (Author), Tamba Boima (Author), Florence Koffa (Author), Luay Basil (Author), Saïd Laaziz (Author) |
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2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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