A meta-synthesis of the existing literature, this article examines 33 publications to identify the factors that enable community health workers to bring about behavior change. It explicitly recognizes the difference between full-time trained and salaried community health workers and part-time community volunteers and proposes an approach to better coordinating the community … [Read more...] about Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome sociocultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of social capital
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Community Health Policy Matters
APC’s Community Health Policy Matters video tells the story of fictional characters Winnie and Mary, and how a fragmented health system affects each woman’s ability to access family planning services in her respective community. This animated video highlights how policy can improve the health system for women. … [Read more...] about Community Health Policy Matters
Delivering comprehensive HIV services across the HIV care continuum: a comparative analysis of survival and progress towards 90-90-90 in rural Malawi
The Neno HIV programme, which incorporated community health workers, increased survival and retention rates compared to other distrits in Malawi. … [Read more...] about Delivering comprehensive HIV services across the HIV care continuum: a comparative analysis of survival and progress towards 90-90-90 in rural Malawi
Volunteers in Ethiopia’s women’s development army are more deprived and distressed than their neighbors: crosssectional survey data from rural Ethiopia
This study examines deprivation and wellbeing among community health workers in Ethiopia's Women's Development Army. … [Read more...] about Volunteers in Ethiopia’s women’s development army are more deprived and distressed than their neighbors: crosssectional survey data from rural Ethiopia
Quality of care in integrated community case management services in Bugoye, Uganda: a retrospective observational study
This retrospective observational study examined the quality of integrated community case management (iCCM) care given by village health workers in five villages in Bugoye subcounty in Uganda. For malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea the quality of care was high, though the overall quality of care was lower. There is an increase in quality of care after the implementation of … [Read more...] about Quality of care in integrated community case management services in Bugoye, Uganda: a retrospective observational study