Initial community perspectives on the Health Service Extension Programme in Welkait, Ethiopia
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Initial community perspectives on the Health Service Extension Programme in Welkait, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND The Health Service Extension Programme (HSEP) is an innovative approach to addressing the shortfall in health human resources in Ethiopia. It has developed a new cadre of Health Extension Workers (HEWs), who are charged with providing the health and hygiene promotion and some treatment services, which together constitute the bedrock of Ethiopia's community health system. METHODS Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-5-21