Research on community-based health workers is needed to achieve the sustainable development goals

Affiliations

¹ Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland .

Editorial

Dermot Maher et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2016.

. 2016 Nov 1;94(11):786.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.185918.

¹ Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland .

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