Results: 5
Health Systems Assessment and Improvement Matrix (S-AIM) (2024)
The Health Systems Assessment and Improvement Matrix (S-AIM) tool was created to recognize the essential factors within health systems necessary for implementing Community Health Worker (CHW) programs effectively. Employing a mixed methods approach, the authors sought to provide guidance to health stakeholders involved in designing, planning, assessing, and improving communityRead more…
Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM): Updated Program Functionality Matrix for Optimizing Community Health Programs (2018)
To support quality CHW program design and implementation, USAID, UNICEF, the Community Health Impact Coalition, and Initiatives Inc. have updated and adapted the Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM) Program Functionality Matrix tool. This tool can be applied at district, regional, and national levels to identify and closeRead more…
Learning to Pay the Price: The Need for Remuneration of Frontline Health Workers (2014)
This blog originally appeared Maternal Health Task Force blog page. In many parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa, clinics and hospitals are few and far between. A recent report by Save the Children estimates that every day approximately 22,000 children die before they reach their fifth birthday. This fact is augmented by theRead more…
Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM): A Toolkit for Improving CHW Programs and Services (2013)
A key element of USAID’s strategic approach to maternal and child health (MCH) is to increase the number of functional community health workers serving in USAID priority countries by at least 100,000 by 2013. At the request of the USAID MCH team, the Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) developed aRead more…
CHW Program Functionality Improvement, Performance and Engagement: Operations Research Results from Zambia (2012)
The United Nations Millennium Project identified the large-scale training and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) as an important strategy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, programs involving CHWs are also known to be fraught with significant human resources challenges. The USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) developedRead more…