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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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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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See you at the CHW Symposium in Bangladesh!

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The HSG Thematic Working Group on CHWs

The Community Health Workers (CHW) Thematic Working Group (TWG) of Health Systems Global are excited to attend the 2nd international symposium on community health workers which takes place in Dhaka, Bangladesh this week.

The CHW TWG chairs, David Musoke and Kingsley Chikaphupha will be both be in attendance at the event with David being part of the opening speeches for the symposium which we are all looking forward to hearing. For a full list of the members sessions please visit CHW Central - https://www.chwcentral.org/attend-twg-member-sessions-2nd-international-...

We will also have our very own stall in the market place which we hope you will visit and find out more about our TWG. The market place is open from 10am – 4pm, so please do visit.

We are delighted to be hosting a side session at the symposium (details below) and would love to see as many people there as possible. We are hoping this will be an informative discussion for anyone interested in supporting and contributing to our TWG.

For more information about any of the above or the event itself, please click http://chwsymposium2019.icddrb.org

Call for Expressions for Interest: Interested in holding the 3rd International Symposium on CHWs in 2021?

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Health Systems Global

The Health Systems Global (HSG) Supporting and Strengthening The Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Development Thematic Working Group is calling for expressions of interest for organising and hosting the 3rd International Symposium on Community Health Workers (CHWs) to be held in 2021. The initial symposium, hosted by Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda and Nottingham Trent University, UK and held in Kampala, Uganda in February 2017, was the first of its kind. The theme of this symposium was ‘Contribution of Community Health Workers in attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals’, and attended by over 450 delegates from 22 countries around the world. The second symposium, hosted by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 22nd to 24th November 2019.

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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.

Reads: 2,165
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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