The lives of community health workers : local labor and global health in urban Ethiopia / Kenneth Maes.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

xv, 171 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Introduction -- The problems facing community health workers at the turn of Ethiopia's alicha millennium -- Becoming a community health worker: a biosocial and historical perspective -- Transformations -- Some assembly required: community health worker recruitment and basic training -- To care and to suffer: community health work amid unemployment and food insecurity -- Where there is no labor movement -- Conclusion: Recommendations for action and research.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-163) and index.