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…
Centering CHWs in Program Design, Assessment, and Improvement using the CHW AIM Tool
Lisez la version française ici. Centering CHWs in Program Design, Assessment, and Improvement using the CHW AIM Tool Community health worker (CHW) programs are at the dawn of a new era. Over the past six months, members of the Community Health Impact Coalition have published a series of case studies…