Erratum to: Training nurses in task-shifting strategies for the management and control of hypertension in Ghana: a mixed-methods study
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1. In the ‘Background’ section, the sentence: “...limiting effective reduction of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality rates in patients” should be corrected to read: “...limiting effective reduction of hypertensionrelated morbidity and mortality rates among patients”. 2. In the ‘Background’ section, the sentence: “A clusterrandomized trial of task shifting and blood pressure in community health centers...” should be corrected to read: “A cluster-randomized trial of task shifting and blood pressure control in community health centers...” 3. In the ‘Methods’ section, number forty-nine should be changed to forty-seven.
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