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)
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Quality Improvement Helps CHWs Meet the Medical Supply Needs of Rwanda’s Children
In many countries, community health workers (CHWs) are the last mile of the supply chain and the most difficult to reach with life-saving medications and supplies. Yet it is in these communities that sick children live and where CHWs have the greatest chance to increase child survival. Getting medicines to these CHWs is often challenged by harsh geography, infrastructure, and … [Read more...] about Quality Improvement Helps CHWs Meet the Medical Supply Needs of Rwanda’s Children
Global HRH Conference in Recife, Brazil
The Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (the Forum) will be one of the main global health events in 2013, bringing together over 1500 policy makers, experts and advocates in the health workforce field, and frontline health workers. The event theme is Human Resources for Health: foundation for Universal Health Coverage and the post-2015 … [Read more...] about Global HRH Conference in Recife, Brazil
The Global Health Media Project – Training Videos for Newborn Care
“We are desperately short of health workers and many have not had training in newborn care. Your videos are an amazing resource to help us train these workers.” We commonly get feedback like the above from the field – all over the developing world -- from remote areas in Africa to island nations in the Pacific. We founded Global Health Media Project to design and produce … [Read more...] about The Global Health Media Project – Training Videos for Newborn Care
Distance Learning: How does it help health workers conduct training?
Recently, CHW Central interviewed Dr. William Brieger of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH). He is leading a Coursera Course on Training of Trainers (TOT) for CHWs. Coursera is an educational technology company that partners with top universities and organizations world-wide to offer courses online for free. Dr. Brieger's work is based on his experience in Oyo … [Read more...] about Distance Learning: How does it help health workers conduct training?