Traditional Practitioners as Primary Health Care Workers
(1995; 146 pages)

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This study evaluated the effectiveness of four projects where traditional practitioners were being trained to provide various primary health care services to communities. The projects were based in Ghana, Mexico, and Bangladesh. The objectives were to evaluate the impact the projects had upon the communities they served, to determine which materials and training approaches were most effective, and to develop training guidelines to assist others in replicating similar projects.

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Traditional Practitioners as Primary Health Care Workers

A study of effectiveness of four training projects in Ghana, Mexico and Bangladesh

World Health Organization
Division of Strengthening of Health Services
and
Traditional Medicine Programme
Geneva
1995

This document was prepared by the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI), 1810 Hopkins, Berkley, CA 94707, USA under contract with the Division of Strengthening of Health Services. The principal author is Wilbur Hoff, Dr. PH, Director, Traditional Health, ICRI.

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