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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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“She is my teacher and if it was not for her I would be dead”: Exploration of rural South African community health workers' information, education and communication activities

Rose ZulligerSchool of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Mosa MoshabelaSchool of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Acornhoek, South Africa
&
Helen SchneiderSchool of Public Health, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
Pages 626-632 | Received 08 Apr 2013, Accepted 04 Sep 2013, Published online: 04 Oct 2013

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