Peer Support in the Management of Diabetes to Improve Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
By: Gina Ferrari, Gedeon Ngoga, Aime Manzi and Apoorva Gomber
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1263 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 11, 2023
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2023
Published on: Sep 15, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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