Comparing key informants to health workers in identifying children in need of surgical eye care services

International Health - Tập 4 - Trang 1-3 - 2012
Fortunate Shija1, Sylvia Shirima1, Susan Lewallen1, Paul Courtright1
1Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Good Samaritan Foundation, PO Box 2254, Moshi, Tanzania

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