Kate Hawkins, REACHOUT Consortium and Secretary of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Supporting and Strengthening the Role of CHWs, summarizes the research priorities generated in the 3rd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town. The TWG includes academics, policy makers and implementers who will undertake and share research on the existing evidence base … [Read more...] about How Can Research Strengthen Community Health Worker Programs: Challenges and Opportunities
Cape Town hosts the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
The symposium, held from September 30th through October 3rd, addressed the for (a) need universal health care and strengthening health systems, (b) relevant research topics and methods and, (c) knowledge networks and learning. The Global Health Systems Global Thematic Working Groups (TWG) with over 1500 members from more than 90 countries will take the recommendations … [Read more...] about Cape Town hosts the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Zambia’s Ministry of Health works with economists to determine how best to recruit and retain community health workers
This article originally appeared in The Impact Blog. Oriana Bandiera describes the close collaboration between a team of economists and the Government of Zambia to evaluate strategies to recruit, motivate and retain agents in the rollout of its National Community Health Assistant Programme. Using a randomised experiment the findings illustrate … [Read more...] about Zambia’s Ministry of Health works with economists to determine how best to recruit and retain community health workers
Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
This blog was originally posted on the UNFPA website. In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and contagious haemorrhagic disease. By the end of July, the country had surpassed neighbouring Guinea, where the break was first reported, in number of positive cases. The outbreak has spread rapidly through four West African … [Read more...] about Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress
This post originally appeared on the USAID Frontlines Blog With her 3-month-old son, John, lethargic, feverish and vomiting, Korto Kinne sought help in the remote Sinje resettlers camp in the northwestern corner of Liberia. Musu Kpakar, a community health worker, administers a rapid finger-stick test to see if malaria parasites are present in John’s blood. Because malaria … [Read more...] about Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress