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A 2009 review by O’Brien et al on the Role Development of CHWs tries to answer that question. For community health workers to be effective at their jobs, the authors contend that the selection of CHWs, the quality of training and the clarity of their role are critical factors.  If…

Imagine that the hospital you’re working at has decided to train all of the staff on the maternity ward in proper infection control practices.  Or that in a rural community, training is taking place to instruct community health workers in newborn care… How do we know if these trainings are…

1. What do you feel was accomplished at Recife? Pape Gaye:  The meeting was a milestone, especially for someone like me, who is interested and passionate about advancing HRH. I thought three main points came out clearly. First, gaining commitment to Universal Health Care (UHC) is an important step. Building on…

It isn’t often that one gets two conferences in one; but the well-attended pre-conference side sessions at the Third Global Forum on HRH held in Recife, Brazil provided such an opportunity. The topic of particular interest to me was how support for community health workers (CHWs) and primary health care…

In many countries, community health workers (CHWs) are the last mile of the supply chain and the most difficult to reach with life-saving medications and supplies. Yet it is in these communities that sick children live and where CHWs have the greatest chance to increase child survival. Getting medicines to…