State of the Evidence 2021
Every year, CHW Central collects and makes available in our resource database as many resources related to CHWs as we can find – articles, gray literature, and tools. In 2021, through the generous funding of the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine, we reviewed the 2021 CHW evidence with…
Proactive Partnership: Nurse Leaders and Community Health Volunteers Work Together to Increase IUD and Other Family Planning Use in Kenya
Background What happens to women’s access to family planning when you partner nurse leaders with community health workers (CHWs)? That’s what IntraHealth International’s USAID-funded Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya Mechanism sought to find out. One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, UNFPA estimated that the disruption in contraceptive services had…
Linking CHVs, Youth and Community Members to increase Family Planning Services
Background and rationale for the intervention Access to reproductive health information and family planning services remains a significant global challenge. An estimated 214 million women of reproductive age in developing countries have an unmet need for contraception, primarily because they lack access to information, education, and contraceptive services (1). Unmet…
CHW Central is hiring CHW Ambassadors
A common saying in the CHW community is “nothing about us without us.” CHW Central is dedicated to highlighting CHW perspectives, views and opinions. CHW Voices, a new page on the CHW Central website, will provide a platform for community health workers to share meaningful stories, opinions, photographs and experiences…
Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer
“If we train village health workers, and make sure they’re compensated, then the resources intended for the world’s poorest – from vaccines, to bed nets, to prenatal care, and to care for chronic diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis – would reach the intended beneficiaries. Training and paying village health workers…