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Challenges in Implementing Community-Based Healthcare Teams in a Low-Income Country Context: Lessons From Ethiopia's Family Health Teams.

Teralynn LudwickMisganu EndriyasAlison MorganSumit KaneMargaret KelaherBarbara I McPake
Published in: International journal of health policy and management (2021)
Lessons from Ethiopia's challenges in implementing its FHT program suggest that LMICs interested in adopting CHW-integrated healthcare team models should closely consider health system readiness (budgets, staffing, equipment/medicines) as well as incentivization strategies (financial, professional, political) to drive organizational change.
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