Retention and sustainability of community-based health volunteers' activities: A qualitative study in rural Northern Ghana.

BACKGROUND:The shortage of formal health workers has led to the utilization of Community-Based Health Volunteers (CBHV) to provide health care services to people especially in rural and neglected communities. Community-based health volunteers have been effective partners in health care delivery at t...

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Main Authors: Samuel Chatio, Patricia Akweongo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5352025?pdf=render