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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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Karen Weidert, Amanuel Gessessew, Suzanne Bell, Hagos Godefay, Ndola Prata
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Karen Weidert, Amanuel Gessessew, Suzanne Bell, Hagos Godefay, Ndola Prata
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