Control of cervical cancer in developing countries has been hampered by a failure to achieve high screening uptake. In Argentina, more than 60% of women with low education have not had a Papanicolaou (Pap) test in the past 2 years. HPV DNA self-collection could increase screening coverage, but implementation of this technology is difficult in countries of middle and low income. … [Read more...] about Effect of self-collection of HPV DNA offered by community health workers at home visits on uptake of screening for cervical cancer (the EMA study): a population-based cluster-randomized trial
mHealth and Technology
Evidence on feasibility and effective use of mHealth strategies by frontline health workers in developing countries: systematic review
Given the large-scale adoption and deployment of mobile phones by health services and frontline health workers (FHW), we aimed to review and synthesise the evidence on the feasibility and effectiveness of mobile-based services for healthcare delivery. Five databases – MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Google Scholar and Scopus – were systematically searched for relevant … [Read more...] about Evidence on feasibility and effective use of mHealth strategies by frontline health workers in developing countries: systematic review
Improved Data on Community Health Workers Critical to Achieving Global Health Goals
Cape Town, South Africa, September 29, 2014 – A new report finds that developing nations’ ability to deal with pressing health challenges like HIV/AIDS and ensuring maternal and newborn survival will be strengthened by creating a common definition for community health workers, as well as a core set of skills and competencies that would help ensure they are optimally trained, … [Read more...] about Improved Data on Community Health Workers Critical to Achieving Global Health Goals
Using Mobile Phones to Train Healthworkers
Project The Health Enablement & Learning Platform (HELP) is a pilot project which harnesses Amref Health Africa’s understanding of African communities and their health needs, instantaneously delivering relevant health information to the mobile phones of community health workers (CHWs) in a cost-effective manner. A multidisciplinary partnership between Accenture, the … [Read more...] about Using Mobile Phones to Train Healthworkers
A Call to Scale-Up Community Health Workers
This post is co-authored with Sonia Sachs on behalf of the 1 Million CHW Campaign. Public health officials and practitioners from around Africa and from international public and private organizations, businesses, and universities, met in Accra, Ghana June 9-11 to consider ways to scale-up the coverage of high-quality community health worker (CHW) systems in our countries to … [Read more...] about A Call to Scale-Up Community Health Workers