Community Health Workers (CHWs) are vital for primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), providing essential services in remote areas. However, ensuring sustainable funding for CHWs remains a major challenge. The Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) collaborates with governments, donors, and private sectors to overcome these financial barriers. Financing Alliance for … [Read more...] about Need for innovative ways to invest more and better in Primary Healthcare (PHC)
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‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme within the health system of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria
Donor-funded interventions are frequently not adopted, scaled or sustained, or they diminish in efficacy or deviate from the intended protocol. Incorporating village health workers (VHWs) and strengthening their roles is a common intervention funded by donors to tackle maternal, newborn and child health issues. This paper explores the sustainability of VHWs at different levels … [Read more...] about ‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme within the health system of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria
‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme within the health system of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria
CHW programs need to be sustained if the benefits of their services to communities are to extend beyond single-project funding. The authors of this study sought to assess the sustainability of a donor-funded village health worker (VHW) program in Nigeria. The investigators identified government ownership, adaptability, VHW motivation, and the institutionalization of VHW … [Read more...] about ‘A seamless transition’: how to sustain a community health worker scheme within the health system of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria
Integrating Community Health Workers into State and Local Chronic Disease Prevention Efforts: Program and Financing Considerations
Results and cost-benefits of chronic disease interventions do not appear for years after efforts are initiated. As a result, community health workers (CHW) roles in the prevention of chronic disease in the United States are undervalued. This brief outlines evidence for integrating CHWs into the healthcare workforce and financial avenues governments can take to support CHW … [Read more...] about Integrating Community Health Workers into State and Local Chronic Disease Prevention Efforts: Program and Financing Considerations
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