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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: A critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent, an accountability

CHWs connect the communities in which they live and the health systems in which they are immersed. Marta Schaaf and her colleagues identified the three main roles of CHWs in bridging this gap: the service extender (bringing medical services to the people), the cultural broker (interpreting medical services for the people), and the social change agent (helping address contexts … [Read more...] about The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: A critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent, an accountability

Country Case Study: Burkina Faso

FAH has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. Burkina Faso’s CHW programming began in 1979 with village birth attendants in four districts and expanded into the present to … [Read more...] about Country Case Study: Burkina Faso

Country Case Study: Zambia

FAH has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. Zambia’s Ministry of Health in 2007 synthesized evidence based practices from Ethiopia and Malawi to create the nations’ first … [Read more...] about Country Case Study: Zambia

Country Case Study: South Africa

FAH has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. South Africa’s ward-based primary health care outreach teams represent CHWs with strong connections to primary health care … [Read more...] about Country Case Study: South Africa

Country Case Study: Ethiopia

FAH has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. Ethiopia’s national CHW program was introduced in 2002 as the Health Extension Program (HEP) and updated in 2015 to introduce the … [Read more...] about Country Case Study: Ethiopia