Community health workers for non-communicable diseases prevention and control in developing countries: Evidence and implications.
<h4>Background</h4>National programs for non-communicable diseases (NCD) prevention and control in different low middle income countries have a strong community component. A community health worker (CHW) delivers NCD preventive services using informational as well as behavioural approach...
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| Main Authors: | Gursimer Jeet, J S Thakur, Shankar Prinja, Meenu Singh |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0180640&type=printable |
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