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This reprinted article from the Kaiser Foundation describes the work of CHWs in communities from Ethiopia to Virginia. This story was produced in collaboration with the Atlantic ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Hermon Girma is stirring bean stew over a wood-fed stove when she hears someone at the gate. She sends her 3-year-old son to slide open the piece of corrugated metal … [Read more...] about From Ethiopia To West Virginia, Community Health Workers Help Close Access-To-Care Gaps

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 either the background or training of the CHW is inappropriate, the program will have limited … [Read more...] about Do Studies Provide Enough Information to Help us Understand CHW Programs?

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 effective?  How do we draw a clear link between a training for a midwife, and a … [Read more...] about How do you know your training was effective? I-TECH’s Training Evaluation Framework and Tools can help!

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 past forums in Uganda (2008) and Bangkok (2011), this … [Read more...] about Human Resources for Health: Shifting the Paradigm – Pape Gaye, IntraHealth

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 (PHC) systems could be better coordinated to achieve the Millennium … [Read more...] about Galvanizing Commitment to Universal Health Coverage – Results from the 3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH)