A 2014 Center for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement enabled the Hawai’i Department of Health to partner with federally qualified health centers (FWHCs) to target local-level health systems interventions. One intervention used CHWs to target diabetes prevention and hypertension control. David Stupplebeen and his colleagues examined the facilitators and … [Read more...] about Community health workers in action: Community-clinical linkages for diabetes prevention and hypertension management at 3 community health centers
Program Evaluation
Contextual factors affecting the integration of community health workers into the health system in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Costing analysis of a pilot community health worker program in rural nepal
A leader in community health care, Nepal seeks to expand their system to achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2017, the country piloted a program designed to align their programs with the World Health Organization 2018 guidelines for CHWs. Prajwol Nepal and colleagues evaluated the operating costs of this program. Average per capita annual … [Read more...] about Costing analysis of a pilot community health worker program in rural nepal
Financing Alliance for Health Country Case Study: Ghana
Financing Alliance for Health has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. Ghana’s national CHW program began with field experiments in Navrongo and Bonsasso, eventually growing … [Read more...] about Financing Alliance for Health Country Case Study: Ghana
Financing Alliance for Health Country Case Study: Kenya
Financing Alliance for Health has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing. Kenya’s community health program was introduced in 2006 and has undergone various evolutions to … [Read more...] about Financing Alliance for Health Country Case Study: Kenya