Retention and attrition of community health volunteers in rural Malawi; a mixed-methods study.

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Title: Retention and attrition of community health volunteers in rural Malawi; a mixed-methods study.
Authors: Kaunda-Khangamwa BN; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi. b.n.kaunda@gmail.com.; MAC-Communicable Diseases Action Centre (MAC-CDAC), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi. b.n.kaunda@gmail.com.; School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, 27 St Andrews Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa. b.n.kaunda@gmail.com., Msuku H; MAC-Communicable Diseases Action Centre (MAC-CDAC), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Kamiza CT; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Chimala AA; MAC-Communicable Diseases Action Centre (MAC-CDAC), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Stanley CC; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi.; MAC-Communicable Diseases Action Centre (MAC-CDAC), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Chinkhumba J; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Mwapasa V; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi., Mathanga DP; School of Global and Public Health, Department of Bioethics and Behavioural Social Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi.; MAC-Communicable Diseases Action Centre (MAC-CDAC), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, P/Bag 360, Mahatma Gandhi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Source: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2026 Jul 01. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 01.
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