An exploration of facilitators and challenges in the scale-up of a national, public sector community health worker cadre in Zambia: a qualitative study

• Autori principali: Sydney Chauwa Phiri (Autore), Margaret Lippitt Prust (Autore), Caroline Phiri Chibawe (Autore), Ronald Misapa (Autore), Jan Willem van den Broek (Autore), Nikhil Wilmink (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background In 2010 a public sector cadre of community health workers called Community Health Assistants (CHAs) was created in Zambia through the National Community Health Worker Strategy to expand access to health services. This cadre continues to be scaled up to meet the growing demands of...