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Factors facilitating and constraining the scaling up of an evidence-based strategy of community-based primary care: Management perspectives from northern Ghana

Abigail R. KrumholzHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Allison E. StoneHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Maxwell A. DalabaNavrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, GhanaView further author information
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James F. PhillipsHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Philip B. AdongoDepartment of Social and Behavioural Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaView further author information
Pages 366-378 | Received 20 Feb 2014, Accepted 13 Sep 2014, Published online: 01 Dec 2014

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