VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: Building Tomorrow's Community Health Workforce As part of the ‘Symposium on CHWs and Their Contribution Towards the Sustainable Development Goals’ Makerere University (Uganda), CHW Central, Nottingham Trent University (UK) and World Vision are supporting a series of interviews with academic leaders and experts in international health development … [Read more...] about Tomorrow’s CHWs: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Families and Addressing Social Determinants
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Listening to the voices of community health workers: USAID ASSIST Project
In 1505, the Polish Parliament stated, "Nothing new without the common consent." Today we understand that ‘nothing about us without us’ is the rallying cry for inclusion and change. I recently returned from an international Health Systems Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia and then participated in a webinar entitled, … [Read more...] about Listening to the voices of community health workers: USAID ASSIST Project
CHW Visions: Upcoming Series of Interviews
Symposium on CHWs and their contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals: February 21st-23rd, 2017 Makerere University School of Public Health – Uganda, Nottingham Trent University – UK, World Vision and CHW Central are partnering in an initiative to support CHW Visions, a series of interviews with leading academics and thought leaders to help us envision the … [Read more...] about CHW Visions: Upcoming Series of Interviews
Community Health Worker Relationships with Other Parts of the Health System
This is the twelfth chapter of the CHW Reference Guide 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. Summary This chapter of the Reference Guide (Perry, Hodgins, Crigler, and … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker Relationships with Other Parts of the Health System
Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya
Victoria Achieng has been a community health volunteer (CHV) for more than seven years in Nyaguda village in Bondo, a sub county of western Kenya. Until recently, her primary role was to promote appropriate health behavior, collect basic data on access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation facilities and record and report occurrences of illness in her community. Now, after … [Read more...] about Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya