On May 21, 2018, a side event was hosted by the Governments of Ethiopia and Ecuador at the 71st World Health Assembly in Geneva, addressing the contributions and effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care and Universal Health Care Coverage. This background document, makes the case for the importance of CHWs in primary health care and the achievement of … [Read more...] about Primary Health Care and Universal Health Coverage: the evidence on contributions and effectiveness of community health workers
CHW Role
Improving data quality in community health programmes: Recommendations from inter-country research
This brief discusses how to improve data quality in community health programmes and references the role of community health volunteers in data collection. … [Read more...] about Improving data quality in community health programmes: Recommendations from inter-country research
Podcast: Community Health Workers with Shreya Kangovi & Lisa Kidd from the Penn Center for CHWs
This is the first episode of the Review of Systems podcast, which is done in partnership with Harvard Center for Primary Care. The first guest is Shreya Kangovie, a researcher of community health worker (CHW) interventions who developed a multi-stakeholder team-based CHW model called IMPaCT (Individualized Management towards Patient-Centered Targets). Lisa Kidd is the second … [Read more...] about Podcast: Community Health Workers with Shreya Kangovi & Lisa Kidd from the Penn Center for CHWs
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
Challenging orthodoxies: The road ahead for health and human rights
This blog examines human rights within the field of health care. Specific to community health workers (CHWs), it discusses the payment of CHWs within an ethical framework. … [Read more...] about Challenging orthodoxies: The road ahead for health and human rights