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CHW Central and the Thematic Working Group on Supporting and Strengthening the Role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Health System Development are delighted to announce their decision to work together to improve the accessibility and applicability of evidence for improving CHW programs. A meeting of minds CHW Central, managed by Initiatives Inc. is a dynamic … [Read more...] about CHW Central and the TWG announce an exciting new partnership on Community Health Workers

In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have gained recognition as an important part of the health care system. At the same time, it has become increasingly clear that a person’s environment has a far greater impact on their health and wellbeing than access to health care or use of health care services. Individuals with low income communities of color are more likely … [Read more...] about REACH Su Comunidad: A Community Health Worker Initiative to Advance Health Equity in the U.S. Hispanic/Latino Population

Kate Hawkins, REACHOUT Consortium and Secretary of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Supporting and Strengthening the Role of CHWs, summarizes the research priorities generated in the 3rd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town. The TWG includes academics, policy makers and implementers who will undertake and share research on the existing evidence base … [Read more...] about How Can Research Strengthen Community Health Worker Programs: Challenges and Opportunities

The symposium, held from September 30th through October 3rd, addressed the for (a) need universal health care and strengthening health systems, (b) relevant research topics and methods and, (c) knowledge networks and learning. The Global Health Systems Global Thematic Working Groups (TWG) with over 1500 members from more than 90 countries will take the recommendations … [Read more...] about Cape Town hosts the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

This article originally appeared in The Impact Blog. Oriana Bandiera describes the close collaboration between a team of economists and the Government of Zambia to evaluate strategies to recruit, motivate and retain agents in the rollout of its National Community Health Assistant Programme. Using a randomised experiment the findings illustrate … [Read more...] about Zambia’s Ministry of Health works with economists to determine how best to recruit and retain community health workers