Abstract:about concepts and practices of the CHW in some countries of South America. That information will be useful to design a questionnaire addressed to healthcare managers in those countries. METHODS: Publications review about CHW. The searching has been done through the data bases LILACS and MEDLINE since 1970 till now. The used keywords were: Agente Comunitário de Saúde, Agente Comunitario de Salud, Community Health Aides, Community Health Workers, Lay Health Worker. The countries included were Bolivia, Brazil, C… Show more
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