Background: The rapid scale-up of community health workers (CHWs) has been recognized as a global priority in achieving universal health care in the hardest to reach communities and health workforce crisis settings. A single CHW, well trained and supported, can provide essential basic health services to communities that otherwise would have limited access to healthcare. One … [Read more...] about Moving from Local to Global: Expanding World Vision’s Impact through Community Health Workers
The Gender Agenda Webinar Summary
Community Health Workers: The Gender Agenda A Summary from the Webinar on February 10, 2016; Sponsored by Health Systems Global and CHW Central To view the webinar archive click here. CHWs serve their own communities and help build a link to the formal health system. CHW gender influences their work, management and experience. The webinar opened by defining some … [Read more...] about The Gender Agenda Webinar Summary
Defining Appropriate CHW Roles and Responsibilities
This is the seventh 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 7 of the CHW Reference Guide describes CHW roles and tasks, and focuses on key points … [Read more...] about Defining Appropriate CHW Roles and Responsibilities
Coordination & Partnerships for CHW Initiatives
The complex and diverse challenges of CHW initiatives that emerge in a number of countries are invariably beyond the power of a single actor to address and require coordination and collaboration among different players and actors at all levels. (Muhammad Mahmood Afzal and Henry Perry) This is the sixth chapter of the CHW Reference Guide, produced under … [Read more...] about Coordination & Partnerships for CHW Initiatives
Strategies for costing, implementing, and sustaining CHW programs: An in-depth look at financing
This is the fifth 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. The relevance of community health worker (CHW) programs withstands the test of time, as current … [Read more...] about Strategies for costing, implementing, and sustaining CHW programs: An in-depth look at financing