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Innovation to improve health care provision and health systems in sub-Saharan Africa – Promoting agency in mid-level workers and district managers

Sharon Fonn School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sunanda Ray School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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Duane Blaauw Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pages 657-668 | Received 02 Nov 2009, Accepted 30 Mar 2010, Published online: 25 Jun 2010

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