As a part of World Vision's Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Project Model Orientation Series, this webinar shares iCCM-focused strategies to effectively address health challenges experienced by mothers, children, and populations impacted by HIV and AIDS, and address WASH issues. The webinar includes information about iCCM, World Vision's approach using an … [Read more...] about iCCM Project Model Orientation Series: Global Health and WASH
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Community Health Worker Programming: Quality Standards for Design and Implementation of CHW Programme Models
World Vision is currently engaged in a wide range of community health activities worldwide, many of which draw on the efforts of community health workers or CHWs. CHWs are community-based members who have been trained to deliver basic health services but who do not hold a professional health qualification. Whilst the roles and cadres of CHWs vary widely between programmes … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker Programming: Quality Standards for Design and Implementation of CHW Programme Models
Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
World Vision's Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition (ttC) is a comprehensive training course for CHWs, Care Groups and volunteers working in maternal and child health. ttC takes a life-cycle approach, supporting through pregnancy to two years of age, which offers the best opportunity to put children on a path to life-long health. World Vision’s newly released … [Read more...] about Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers – the case of Wukro district, Tigray, Ethiopia
Volunteer community health workers (VCHW) are health care providers who are trained but do not have any professional certification. They are intended to fill the gap for unmet curative, preventative, and health promotion health needs of communities. The VCHWs are the only unpaid health workers in the Ethiopian health care system. Therefore, identifying the … [Read more...] about Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers – the case of Wukro district, Tigray, Ethiopia
Community health workers programme in Luanda, Angola: an evaluation of the implementation process
Angola is undergoing a period of reconstruction, after experiencing a protracted civil war that lasted until 2002. This historical context of violent conflicts has left a legacy of low rates of production and capital accumulation, of severe debt, and extreme dependency on foreign countries, all of which markedly influence the health situation of the Angolan people. Since … [Read more...] about Community health workers programme in Luanda, Angola: an evaluation of the implementation process