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Lessons learned from scaling up a community-based health program in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana

John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Elias Kavinah Sory, Frank K Nyonator, James F Phillips, Chen Wang and Margaret L Schmitt
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):117-133; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00012
John Koku Awoonor-Williams
aGhana Health Service, Upper East Regional Health Administration, Bolgatanga, Ghana
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bGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
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cColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA
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cColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA
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vol. 1 no. 1 117-133
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00012
PubMed 
25276522

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: November 26, 2012
  • Accepted: January 8, 2013
  • Published online March 21, 2013.

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© Awoonor-Williams et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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  1. John Koku Awoonor-Williamsa,
  2. Elias Kavinah Soryb,
  3. Frank K Nyonatorb,
  4. James F Phillipsc,
  5. Chen Wangc,
  6. Margaret L Schmittc
  1. aGhana Health Service, Upper East Regional Health Administration, Bolgatanga, Ghana
  2. bGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
  3. cColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to James Phillips (jfp2113{at}columbia.edu)
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