‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme within the health system of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czab063