Tremendous challenges remain to ensure that the most vulnerable populations, including women, children, and adolescents, are able to enjoy the healthy lives and well-being promised in the Sustainable Development Goals. Much of their poor health is caused by poverty, gender, lack of education, and social marginalization as well as inaccessible healthcare services. Strong, … [Read more...] about Book: Healthy Lives for Vulnerable Women and Children: Applying Health Systems Research
Case studies
Practitioner Expertise to Optimise Community Health Systems: Harnessing Operational Insight
This newly released report, titled ‘Practitioner Expertise to Optimise Community Health Systems: Harnessing Operational Insight’ examines how CHWs can successfully be integrated into national health systems, subsequently contributing towards efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage. By using a number of case studies from six organisations (Hope Through Health, Last Mile … [Read more...] about Practitioner Expertise to Optimise Community Health Systems: Harnessing Operational Insight
Podcast: How can evidence optimize CHW programs?
The Community Health Impact Coalition (chwimpact.org) harnesses the potential of CHWs to extend health services to poor and marginalized populations; there is an urgent need to better understand how CHW programs can be optimized. Rigorous evidence that CHW care delivery can improve access to care and reduce mortality continues to accumulate, but the most recent evaluations of … [Read more...] about Podcast: How can evidence optimize CHW programs?
Podcast: Interview with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya)
YouTube Link: Interview with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya) In this PIH interview, Dan Palazuelos continues his vibrant roundtable series. He sat down with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance in Kenya. Lwala is known for its excellence in service delivery, and perhaps more importantly, its practice of … [Read more...] about Podcast: Interview with Ash Rogers, Executive Director of the Lwala Community Alliance (Kenya)
“How do you exchange learning?” with Last Mile Health and Possible health
For the organizations who have dedicated themselves to building good CHW programs, where can they go to learn how to make programs that are built to thrive? The Center for Health Market Innovation awarded two like-minded health delivery organizations, Last Mile Health in Liberia and Possible in Nepal, a learning … [Read more...] about “How do you exchange learning?” with Last Mile Health and Possible health

