Malaria Consortium has had extensive experience designing, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of job aids. An integral part of our work is to strengthen capacity and improve the performance of health workers to be able to prevent, diagnose, treat and care for groups most at risk of malaria and other communicable diseases. This paper describes Malaria … [Read more...] about It’s all in the detail: developing effective health-related job aids
Employee Engagement
Supervising community health workers in low-income countries: a review of impact and implementation issues
Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important component of health systems and programs. This study was conducted to determine the impact of supervision strategies used in low- and middle- income countries and discuss implementation and feasibility issues with a focus on CHWs. Few supervision strategies have been rigorously tested and data on … [Read more...] about Supervising community health workers in low-income countries: a review of impact and implementation issues
Community engagement approaches to improve motivation and performance of CHWs in Uganda
The inSCALE project, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is working to increase coverage of integrated community case management (ICCM) and expand the number of VHTs trained to treat children under five years for diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. This technical brief outlines approaches taken to improve motivation and performance of community health workers in … [Read more...] about Community engagement approaches to improve motivation and performance of CHWs in Uganda
inSCALE CommCare Application: improving quality of care at all levels
Community health workers in Mozambique, locally known as Agentes Polivalentes Elementares (APEs), are an integral part of the national health system, intended to improve access to quality health care in remote areas of the country. APEs are conducting extensive health promotion and education activities as well as case management of malaria in patients of all ages, … [Read more...] about inSCALE CommCare Application: improving quality of care at all levels
Mobile health (mHealth) approaches to improve motivation and performance of CHWs in Mozambique
This brief discusses the impact of the inSCALE APE CommCare mobile phone application in Mozambique, an inSCALE innovation developed to improve community health worker motivation, performance and retention in order to increase the quality and coverage of integrated community case management. The inSCALE APE CommCare mobile phone application is a phone-based job aid to … [Read more...] about Mobile health (mHealth) approaches to improve motivation and performance of CHWs in Mozambique