CHWs Respond to Ebola: Archives
The Ebola Epidemic: The Keys to Success for International Response Watch Dr. Paul Farmer, President Sirleaf, Pape Gaye, Dr. Anne Peterson and Javier Alvarez testify before the Sub-commitee on African Affairs about the need for funding to stop the spread of Ebola. Click here. Ebola in Remote Liberia, Through the Eyes of a Local Health Worker…
Improving the performance of community health workers: What can be learned from the literature?
This feature inaugurates the partnership of CHW Central and the Health Systems Global Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Strengthening and Supporting CHWs. In the future, the TWG’s research will be posted in a dedicated section on CHW Central. Many countries are now attempting to roll out and scale up Community Health…
Mobile Money Improves CHW Incentive Schemes
Often community health workers (CHWs) are promised incentives for their work, but the complicated, protracted, and at times, insecure process of disbursing funds is demotivating. USAID’s Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) project, with the help of USAID’s mSTAR project implemented by FHI 360, pilot tested a transition from cash…
Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives Make a Difference
Roughly the size of West Virginia, the Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation covering portions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah and has a population of over 173,000. It is composed of 110 geographic areas, or Chapters, that are the seat of local government. Community Health Representatives (CHRs) are employed by…
A New Resource for Developing and Strengthening Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs
The CHW Reference Guide was 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. In response to the rapid increase in and expansion of community health worker (CHW) programs in low-income countries over…