Evaluating Vertical Malaria Community Health Worker Programs as Malaria Declines: Learning From Program Evaluations in Honduras and Lao PDR
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Elements of effective community engagement: lessons from a targeted malaria elimination study in Lao PDR (Laos)
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Health: Science and Practice
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2169-575X
DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-20-00379