Accepted Manuscript Title: The evolving socio-political context of community health worker programmes in South Africa: implications for historical analysis. A commentary on van Ginneken, Lewin and Berridge "The emergence of community health worker programmes in the late apartheid era in South Africa: An historical analysis"(2010) Authors: Dingie J. van Rensburg, Edwin Wouters, Ph.D Katinka de Wet, Ph.D PII: S0277-9536(11)00069-4 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.026 Reference: SSM 7738 To appear in: Social Science & Medicine Received Date: 19 January 2011 Accepted Date: 25 January 2011 Please cite this article as: van Rensburg, D.J., Wouters, E., de Wet, K. The evolving socio-political context of community health worker programmes in South Africa: implications for historical analysis. A commentary on van Ginneken, Lewin and Berridge "The emergence of community health worker programmes in the late apartheid era in South Africa: An historical analysis"(2010), Social Science & Medicine (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.026 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.