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Keeping community health workers in Uganda motivated: key challenges, facilitators, and preferred program inputs

Aurélie Brunie, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Conrad Otterness, Angela Akol, Mario Chen, Leonard Bufumbo and Mark Weaver
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):103-116; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00140
Aurélie Brunie
aFHI 360, Washington, DC, USA
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Patricia Wamala-Mucheri
bFHI 360, Kampala, Uganda. Now with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Kampala, Uganda
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Conrad Otterness
cFHI 360, Durham, NC, USA. Now with Community Partners International, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Angela Akol
dFHI 360, Kampala, Uganda
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Mario Chen
eFHI 360, Durham, NC, USA
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Leonard Bufumbo
dFHI 360, Kampala, Uganda
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Mark Weaver
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Aurélie Brunie, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Conrad Otterness, Angela Akol, Mario Chen, Leonard Bufumbo, Mark Weaver
Global Health: Science and Practice Feb 2014, 2 (1) 103-116; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00140

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Aurélie Brunie, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Conrad Otterness, Angela Akol, Mario Chen, Leonard Bufumbo, Mark Weaver
Global Health: Science and Practice Feb 2014, 2 (1) 103-116; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00140
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