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Enhancing the Supervision of Community Health Workers With WhatsApp Mobile Messaging: Qualitative Findings From 2 Low-Resource Settings in Kenya

Jade Vu Henry, Niall Winters, Alice Lakati, Martin Oliver, Anne Geniets, Simon M Mbae and Hannah Wanjiru
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2016, 4(2):311-325; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00386
Jade Vu Henry
a UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
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Niall Winters
b University of Oxford, Department of Education, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Alice Lakati
c Amref Health Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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Martin Oliver
a UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
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Anne Geniets
b University of Oxford, Department of Education, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Simon M Mbae
c Amref Health Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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c Amref Health Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jade Vu Henry, Niall Winters, Alice Lakati, Martin Oliver, Anne Geniets, Simon M Mbae, Hannah Wanjiru
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2016, 4 (2) 311-325; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00386

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Jade Vu Henry, Niall Winters, Alice Lakati, Martin Oliver, Anne Geniets, Simon M Mbae, Hannah Wanjiru
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2016, 4 (2) 311-325; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00386
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