Community Perceptions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Their Roles in Management for HIV, Tuberculosis and Hypertension in Western Kenya

• Beth Rachlis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Paula Braitstein

  * E-mail: brachlis@gmail.com

  Affiliations Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Violet Naanyu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Paula Braitstein

  Affiliations Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya, Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

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• Juddy Wachira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Paula Braitstein

  Affiliation Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya

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• Becky Genberg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Paula Braitstein

  Affiliation Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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• Beatrice Koech ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya

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• Regina Kamene ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya

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• Jackie Akinyi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya

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• Paula Braitstein

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Paula Braitstein

  Affiliations Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

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