This case study describes the rationale, implementation strategies, achievements and challenges of a programme that created a new cadre of female health workers in the Pakistan health system to address unmet health needs of rural populations and slum dwellers. An external evaluation of the programme in 2000 found that the population served by Lady Health Workers had … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Lady Health Worker Programme
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The Health Workforce: Scaling up through primary health care
This presentation was delivered at the 4th Health Conference on Primary Health Care and Family Health in Brazil. Building on an overview of the global health workforce challenges, Dr Sheikh outlined short-, medium - and long-term strategies to address health personnel shortages, and analysed the links between the HRH agenda and the revitalisation of primary health care. The … [Read more...] about The Health Workforce: Scaling up through primary health care
Evidence-based training of frontline health workers for door-to-door health promotion: a pilot randomized controlled cluster trial with Lady Health Workers in Sindh Province, Pakistan.
In an effort to improve access to care for women and children, the Pakistan National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care recruits women and trains them to provide family planning services and primary health care in their own communities. Known as lady health workers (LHWs), they are the front line of health care in many … [Read more...] about Evidence-based training of frontline health workers for door-to-door health promotion: a pilot randomized controlled cluster trial with Lady Health Workers in Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Effectiveness of counseling for anxiety and depression in mothers of children ages 0-30 months by community workers in Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi experimental study.
The prevalence of anxiety/depression is quite high during the perinatal period but unfortunately its detection and treatment have been less than satisfactory. Many women are reluctant to take pharmacotherapy for fear of excretion of drugs into their breast milk. This study assesses the effectiveness of counseling from minimally trained community health workers in reducing … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of counseling for anxiety and depression in mothers of children ages 0-30 months by community workers in Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi experimental study.
Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education
This article reports on an intervention to enhance the knowledge and behavior of community health workers on providing adequate education to patients on malaria. The results showed simple and inexpensive interventions can improve proper content in malaria education and highlight the importance of appropriate content when planning CHWs education programmes. … [Read more...] about Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education