This is the twelfth chapter of the CHW Reference Guide produced under the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health’s flagship maternal, neonatal and child health project. Summary This chapter of the Reference Guide (Perry, Hodgins, Crigler, and … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker Relationships with Other Parts of the Health System
Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya
Victoria Achieng has been a community health volunteer (CHV) for more than seven years in Nyaguda village in Bondo, a sub county of western Kenya. Until recently, her primary role was to promote appropriate health behavior, collect basic data on access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation facilities and record and report occurrences of illness in her community. Now, after … [Read more...] about Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya
What Motivates Community Health Workers? Designing Programs that Incentivize Community Health Worker Performance and Retention
This is the eleventh chapter of the CHW Reference Guide produced under the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health’s flagship maternal, neonatal and child health project. Policy makers, program managers, and donors are frequently preoccupied by the question of what … [Read more...] about What Motivates Community Health Workers? Designing Programs that Incentivize Community Health Worker Performance and Retention
Supervision of Community Health Workers
This is the tenth chapter of the CHW Reference Guide produced under the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health’s flagship maternal, neonatal and child health project. Chapter 10 of the CHW Reference Guide explores the critical and complex issue of the supervision of … [Read more...] about Supervision of Community Health Workers