Trained community health workers can provide tuberculosis treatment and achieve results comparable to strict hospitalization. … [Read more...] about Limitations on human rights in the context of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A reply to Boggio et al.
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Leadership and governance of community health worker programmes at scale: a cross case analysis of provincial implementation in South Africa
This cross case analysis of leadership and governance roles involved in implementing large-scale community health worker programs at sub-national level. The authors identified four key roles for leaders and governments in implementing these programs. … [Read more...] about Leadership and governance of community health worker programmes at scale: a cross case analysis of provincial implementation in South Africa
Modelling the cost of community interventions to reduce child mortality in South Africa using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
This research paper models the cost and impact of community interventions aiming to reduce child mortality in South Africa. … [Read more...] about Modelling the cost of community interventions to reduce child mortality in South Africa using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
A continuous quality improvement intervention to improve the effectiveness of community health workers providing care to mothers and children: a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa
This paper used a cluster randomized controlled trial in South Africa to determine the effectiveness of improved training and continuous quality improvement based mentoring. The authors found that these methods improved the CHW-mother interactions. … [Read more...] about A continuous quality improvement intervention to improve the effectiveness of community health workers providing care to mothers and children: a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa
Community health worker perspectives on a new primary health care initiative in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
This study sought to understand CHW perspectives on a new primary health initiative in South Africa called Re-engineering Primary Health Care (rPHC). This initiative aims to provide a preventive and health-promoting community-based PHC model. Focus group discussions and surveys on the knowledge and attitudes of 91 CHWs working on community-based rPHC teams in the King Sabata … [Read more...] about Community health worker perspectives on a new primary health care initiative in the Eastern Cape of South Africa