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The role of community-based health workers in disease surveillance of potential epidemics: A case study from Burkina Faso

2024-03-14

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold>In 2016, Burkina Faso (BF) adopted a new model for community-based participation in disease surveillance by appointing two community-based health workers (CBHWs) in each village. The overall aim of this study was to explore the contributions of CBHWs to the response to infectious disease outbreaks and their experiences related to the strenghtening of the national...

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573fa88c-a926-58f7-955a-7c774767d2ca
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-4034923/v1
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