Stakeholders' perspectives and willingness to institutionalize linkages between the formal health system and informal healthcare providers in urban slums in southeast, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe (Author), Chinyere Mbachu (Author), Victor Onyebueke (Author), Pamela Ogbozor (Author), Ifeyinwa Arize (Author), Chinyere Okeke (Author), Uche Ezenwaka (Author), Tim Ensor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The widely available informal healthcare providers (IHPs) present opportunities to improve access to appropriate essential health services in underserved urban areas in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, they are not formally linked to the formal health syste...