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People Welcomed This Innovation with Two Hands: A Qualitative Report of an mHealth Intervention for Community Case Management in Malawi

Annals of Global Health
Volume 85 (2019): Issue 1
By: Nicole Ide,  Victoria Hardy,  Griphin Chirambo,  Ciara Heavin,  Yvonne O’Connor,  John O’Donoghue,  Nikolaos Mastellos,  Kanika Dharmayat,  Bo Andersson,  Sven Carlsson,  Adamson Muula and  Matthew Thompson  
Open Access
|Apr 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.919 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Published on: Apr 25, 2019
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© 2019 Nicole Ide, Victoria Hardy, Griphin Chirambo, Ciara Heavin, Yvonne O’Connor, John O’Donoghue, Nikolaos Mastellos, Kanika Dharmayat, Bo Andersson, Sven Carlsson, Adamson Muula, Matthew Thompson, published by Ubiquity Press
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