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…
CHW Reference Guide Summary
CHW Central is thrilled to announce that the CHW Reference Guide Summary is now available for download from our website. The CHW Reference Guide Summary presents a 55-page synopsis of the original 468-page document, Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs at Scale: A Reference Guide and Case Studies for Program Managers and Policymakers. The original…
Health Systems Global’s Thematic Working Group Election
The Health Systems Global (HSG) ‘Supporting and Strengthening The Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Development’ Thematic Working Group (TWG) has announced an election for taking on various leadership positions of the TWG. There continues to be increased focus on Community Health Workers across all areas of global…