Globally, 2.5 billion people are “unbanked,” lacking access to formal financial services. As a result, roughly one third of the world’s population is forced to rely on cash transactions or informal financial systems, which can often be unsafe, inconvenient, and expensive. Among the unbanked, however, a billion have access to a mobile phone, and mobile-based financial services … [Read more...] about Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium
Kenya
2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
The 1mCHW Campaign’s 2014 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Campaign’s work and identified next steps and key priorities for 2015. … [Read more...] about 2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
Women’s attitudes toward receiving family planning services from community health workers in rural Western Kenya
In African countries including Kenya, contraceptive use, fertility rates and other reproductive health indicators in rural areas lag behind urban areas. Even though Kenya's fertility rate declined from 8.1 in 1978 to 4.6 in 2008, the figures are much higher in rural areas, 5.2 compared to an urban rate of 2.9. The persistent high fertility rate has been attributed to many … [Read more...] about Women’s attitudes toward receiving family planning services from community health workers in rural Western Kenya
Knowledge of Nairobi East District Community Health Workers concerning HIV-related orofacial lesions and other common oral lesions
In Kenya, primary healthcare (PHC) providers (mainly clinical officers and nurses) at health facilities and community health workers (CHWs) in the field are required to integrate oral care of HIV patients into the PHC system. However, these health workers have not been educated on oral diseases. Detecting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) related orofacial lesions (HROLs) as … [Read more...] about Knowledge of Nairobi East District Community Health Workers concerning HIV-related orofacial lesions and other common oral lesions
Time savings – realized and potential – and fair compensation for community health workers in Kenyan health facilities: a mixed-methods approach
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a severe health worker shortage, which community health workers (CHWs) may fill. Task shifting - the reassignment of clinical roles by transferring suitable tasks from higher- to lower-skilled healthcare workers (HCWs) - is one of the strategies proposed to mitigate the effects of the HCW shortage. Community health workers (CHWs) are a unique cadre of … [Read more...] about Time savings – realized and potential – and fair compensation for community health workers in Kenyan health facilities: a mixed-methods approach