The need to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of both pre-service education and continuing professional education (CPE) (in-service training) for the health workforce has never been greater. Decreasing global resources and a pervasive critical shortage of skilled health workers are paralleled by an explosion in the increase of and access to information. Researchers … [Read more...] about Effective in-service traininig design and delivery: Evidence from an integrative literature review
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Scaling Up Community-Based Service Delivery of Implanon: The Integrated Family Health Program’s Experience Training Health Extension Workers
With over 77 million people, Ethiopia has the second largest population in subSaharan Africa and it continues to grow rapidly. Though the country’s contraceptive prevalence rate grew from 8 percent in 2000 to 15 percent in 2005 and nearly 80 percent of currently-married Ethiopian women want to either stop or postpone childbearing, demand for contraception has grown faster than … [Read more...] about Scaling Up Community-Based Service Delivery of Implanon: The Integrated Family Health Program’s Experience Training Health Extension Workers
The current state of CHW training programs in SSA and South Asia
Although CHW programs are prevalent, little formal research has been conducted on CHW training programs or their effectiveness. To begin to address this a literature review was conducted to curate research regarding CHW training programs and curricula. This literature review identifies, synthesizes, and analyzes a wide body of literature related to CHW training in sub-Saharan … [Read more...] about The current state of CHW training programs in SSA and South Asia
The role of community health workers in malaria elimination and artemisinin resistance response
This poster by the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) was prepared for the 2nd Access to Quality Medicines and Other Technologies Task Force (AQTMF) Meeting, 9-10 June 2014, Manila, Philippines. It describes the pivotal role of community health workers in the Asia region’s response to growing artemisinin resistance and in support of malaria elimination … [Read more...] about The role of community health workers in malaria elimination and artemisinin resistance response
Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers (CHWs) and caregivers in Zambia
This study provides evidence on rational use of antibiotics for treatment of pneumonia symptoms to inform future implementation of integrated community case management (iCCM), safeguarding effectiveness of current treatments whilst continuing to maximise access to care. … [Read more...] about Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers (CHWs) and caregivers in Zambia