Over the past half-century, community health workers (CHWs) have been a growing force for extending health care and improving the health of populations. Following their introduction in the 1970s, many large-scale CHW programs declined during the 1980s, but CHW programs throughout the world more recently have seen marked growth. Research and evaluations conducted predominantly … [Read more...] about Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: an overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness.
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Cell phones and CHWs: a transformational marriage?
Community health workers (CHWs) have a key role to play if we are to achieve our ambitious goals to reduce child and maternal mortality globally. A wide diversity of CHW cadres have been established in many countries, both in the public sector and with nongovernmental organizations, yet several major challenges have emerged. Mobile phones can be transformative for community … [Read more...] about Cell phones and CHWs: a transformational marriage?
The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination
Community engagement and participation has played a critical role in successful disease control and elimination campaigns in many countries. Despite this, its benefits for malaria control and elimination are yet to be fully realized. This paper reports the findings of an atypical systematic review of 60 years of literature in order to arrive at a more comprehensive awareness of … [Read more...] about The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination
Impact of community-based support services on antiretroviral treatment programme delivery and outcomes in resource-limited countries: a synthetic review.
Community health workers and mobile technology: a systematic review of the literature.
In low-resource settings, community health workers are frontline providers who shoulder the health service delivery burden. Increasingly, mobile technologies are developed, tested, and deployed with community health workers to facilitate tasks and improve outcomes. We reviewed the evidence for the use of mobile technology by community health workers to identify opportunities … [Read more...] about Community health workers and mobile technology: a systematic review of the literature.