Health care options for commercial farm workers in Namibia
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منابع مشابه
Improving Health Care for Spanish-Speaking Rural Dairy Farm Workers.
BACKGROUND Dartmouth Geisel Migrant Health (DGMH) is a medical student group that provides on-site health services for Spanish-speaking dairy workers in rural Vermont and New Hampshire in conjunction with a federally qualified health center (FQHC). STUDY OBJECTIVE This project was undertaken to evaluate and improve the services provided by DGMH and the FQHC and to refine understanding of the ...
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Introduction Access to CD4+ testing remains a common barrier to early initiation of antiretroviral therapy among persons living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. The feasibility of task-shifting of point-of-care (POC) CD4+ testing to lay health workers in Namibia has not been evaluated. Methods From July to August 2011, Pima CD4+ analysers were used to improve access to CD4+ ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rural and Remote Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1445-6354
DOI: 10.22605/rrh1384