Why We Must Provide Better Support for Pakistan's Female Frontline Health Workers


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Closser S, Jooma R

Series/Journal Title:

PLoS Medicine

Volume:

10

Issue:

10

Copyright:

2013

Description:

This article summarizes the key role that lady health workers play in polio eradication; outlines the problems faced by these workers such as the risk to their lives through shootings and bombings, the lack of a living wage and dearth of advancement opportunities; and offers suggestions to improve the situation.
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Geographic Focus

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