CHWs as gender embedded and transformative agents: effectiveness, decent work and social change
The session Towards a Community Health Worker Gender Action Framework: Implications for Decent Work, Rights and Responsibilities, at the 4th global forum on Human Resources for Health brought together five panelists[i] to share evidence and experience on how gender shapes CHW work and how CHWs can be agents for gender…
Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
CHWs Highlighted at the 4th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Resources for Health took place in Dublin Ireland from 13-17 November, 2017. Several sessions specifically addressed CHWs and many others raised their importance in expanding health systems and ensuring equitable access to quality care. Read our blogs…
The Community-Based Healthcare System of Afghanistan
Case Studies of Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs was derived from the Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs at Scale: A Reference Guide and Case Studies for Program Managers and Policymakers, edited by Henry Perry, Lauren Crigler, and Steve Hodgins. Originally published in May 2014 by USAID’s flagship Maternal and…
Abstracts from the 1st International Symposium on Community Health Workers
The 1st International Symposium on Community Health Workers was held in February 2017 in Kampala, Uganda, organized by Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, UK and the Uganda Ministry of Health. The theme was Contribution of Community Health Workers in attainment of the…
Arming CHWs with mHealth Tools
mHealth for Community Health Workers: Global use informs local need Much of what we at Dimagi have learned firsthand has come from our experience working with community health workers (CHW) and other frontline worker teams in over 60 countries. However, with a recent uptick in the number of groups looking…