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Tanzania

Effects of a community health worker delivered intervention on maternal depressive symptoms in rural Tanzania

Maternal depression affects one in four women in sub-Saharan Africa, yet evidence on effective and scalable interventions is limited. The authors  evaluate the effect of a community health worker (CHW) delivered home visit responsive stimulation, health and nutrition intervention, and conditional cash transfers (CCTs) for antenatal care and child growth monitoring attendance on … [Read more...] about Effects of a community health worker delivered intervention on maternal depressive symptoms in rural Tanzania

Contributions of the lay workers in providing home-based treatment adherence support to patients with advanced HIV/AIDS disease in low-income settings: Lessons learned from the field in Tanzania and Zambia

Provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Eastern and Southern Africa remains limited due to clinical staffing shortages. Godfather Kimaro and colleagues evaluated whether lay health workers in Tanzania and Zambia could reduce the burden of patients on hospital staffing. Results indicated that lay health workers were successful at identifying ART related side effects and … [Read more...] about Contributions of the lay workers in providing home-based treatment adherence support to patients with advanced HIV/AIDS disease in low-income settings: Lessons learned from the field in Tanzania and Zambia

Willingness to pay for community delivery of antiretroviral treatment in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey

CHW-led antiretroviral therapy (ART) represents an opportunity to reduce the number of patients within healthcare facilities and expand universal coverage to remote areas. Pascal Geldsetzer and colleagues interviewed HIV patients in Tanzania to assess willingness to pay for CHW-led ART. Half of community members reported willingness to pay for CHW-led ART in amounts up to $3.61 … [Read more...] about Willingness to pay for community delivery of antiretroviral treatment in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey

Quality assured COVID-19 Library of resources for community-based health workers

This database offers a variety of medically-reviewed educational materials regarding COVID-19. Visitors will find resources related to: emergency response, risk mitigation and community engagement, case finding, surveillance, public health prevention measures, infection prevention and control, lab testing, case management, and societal response. … [Read more...] about Quality assured COVID-19 Library of resources for community-based health workers

Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007–2017

To grow and be sustained, CHW programs require funding. This study analyzed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data from 2007 to 2017 to evaluate investments in CHW programs. The results indicated that funds for CHW programs represent a small fraction of investments in public health development, and have reduced in recent years. The researchers called for … [Read more...] about Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007–2017

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