Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal
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منابع مشابه
Female Community Health Volunteers in Community-Based Health Programs of Nepal: Future Perspective
Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) program started in 1988. In the early years of program initiation, FCHVs were assigned to promote and distribute the family planning commodities such as condoms and pills. Over past three decades, FCHVs' roles have gradually expanded beyond family planning program and especially are focused on maternal and child health services at a large scale...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rural Studies
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1882-4560,2187-2627
DOI: 10.9747/jars.20.1_47