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The CHW Hub is a product of the partnership between CHW Central and the Health Systems Global Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Supporting and Strengthening the Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Development.

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Thematic Working Group Goal:
To support the generation, synthesis and communication of evidence on the roll out and functioning of community health worker programs and to enable learning across geographical and political contexts

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Let us not forget the people at the heart of the health system: community health workers #CHWs

By:

Pamela Bongkiyung, Programme Officer (Communications & Research Uptake) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

With the 5^th Health Systems Research Symposium taking place in Liverpool from October 8 – 12, 2018, we once again remember Kazakhstan. 2018 celebrates the 40^th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The Alma-Ata declaration was signed in September 1978 during the International Conference for Primary Health Care. Its main aim was and is to call all world governments, health workers and development experts to promote and protect health for all.

As seen from the #WhatsYourNumber card circulating on social media, around 18 million more health workers are needed by 2030 to realise the goal of health care for all. Community health workers are essential to achieving this goal. This is why during this year’s #HSR2018, the Health Systems Global Thematic Working Group on Community Health Workers (CHWs) has organized sessions that respond to nine key principles from the Alma-Atta Declaration.

Gender and Community Health Workers: Three focus areas for programme managers and policy makers

By:

Rosie Steegeᵃ and Kate Hawkinsᵇ

Occupational segregation by sex is one of the most important and enduring aspects of the labour market globally. This segregation is particularly apparent in health care where women make up over 70% of the health and social care workforce. Yet they remain vertically segregated to the lower tiers of the health system. This is evidenced by the vast numbers of women who make up Community Health Worker cadres worldwide. Tackling these gendered distortions in the health labour workforce is becoming a global priority, with a recent Global Health Workforce Network call for evidence in this area.

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CHW Hub Resources

Announcing a special collection of articles on community health workers

A gender analysis of a national community health workers program: A case study of Afghanistan.

This qualitative resource explores the gendered dynamics of the CHW program in Afghanistan. It examines how broader societal gender norms affect the CHW program and suggests that the gendered division of health labour may provide opportunities for women's empowerment.

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Webinar Resources and Recording - Integrating and scaling mobile community health data systems: Experience from India, Ethiopia and Madagascar.

Community health workers (CHWs) improve access to quality health services at the community level. Despite the critical role that CHWs play, governments often have limited insight into their activities, the quality of their services, the conditions of the communities that they serve, and how best to link these CHWs and their beneficiaries to the larger health system.

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Unit cost analysis of training and deploying paid community health workers in three rural districts of Tanzania

This paper estimates the cost of training and deploying paid community health workers in Tanzania. The authors found the estimated cost to be sustainable on a large scale.

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A time-use study of community health worker service activities in three rural districts of Tanzania (Rufiji, Ulanga and Kilombero)

This research article examines how community health workers allocate their time during the work day.

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Book: Healthy Lives for Vulnerable Women and Children: Applying Health Systems Research

Tremendous challenges remain to ensure that the most vulnerable populations, including women, children, and adolescents, are able to enjoy the healthy lives and well-being promised in the Sustainable Development Goals. Much of their poor health is caused by poverty, gender, lack of education, and social marginalization as well as inaccessible healthcare services. Strong, equitable, and well-governed health systems can contribute to sustainably improving their lives.

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