Mapping Global Voices for Empowering Informal Healthcare Providers to Build a Sustainable Community-Based Primary Healthcare Model in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

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1 Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India

2 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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Informal healthcare providers (IHPs) have provided primary healthcare services to millions of rural people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).1 They are popularly known by several names, such as rural unqualified health practitioners (RUHPs), often called IHPs, village doctors, unqualified practitioners, non-trained allopathy medicine providers, unlicensed providers, non‐formal providers, non-degree health providers, and quacks across various LMICs.1 ...(Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 20 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 18 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2025
  • First Publish Date: 07 April 2025

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