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Community Health Workers as Social Marketers of Injectable Contraceptives: A Case Study from Ethiopia

Karen Weidert, Amanuel Gessessew, Suzanne Bell, Hagos Godefay and Ndola Prata
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2017, 5(1):44-56; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00344
Karen Weidert
aUniversity of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Bixby Center for Population Health and Sustainability, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Amanuel Gessessew
bMekelle University College of Health Sciences, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
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Suzanne Bell
cJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Hagos Godefay
dTigray Regional Health Bureau, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.
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Ndola Prata
aUniversity of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Bixby Center for Population Health and Sustainability, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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vol. 5 no. 1 44-56
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00344
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28275087

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: October 29, 2016
  • Accepted: January 23, 2017
  • Published online March 28, 2017.

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  1. Karen Weiderta,
  2. Amanuel Gessessewb,
  3. Suzanne Bellc,
  4. Hagos Godefayd,
  5. Ndola Prataa⇑
  1. aUniversity of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Bixby Center for Population Health and Sustainability, Berkeley, CA, USA.
  2. bMekelle University College of Health Sciences, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
  3. cJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  4. dTigray Regional Health Bureau, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.
  1. Correspondence to Ndola Prata (ndola{at}berkeley.edu).
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