In a new policy report, the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and partners call for human resources for health (HRH) stakeholders to create a common definition for the “community health worker” along with an agreed-upon set of core tasks and competencies, using the International Labour Organization definition as a guiding framework.
To enhance the quality and availability of data for decision-making the report also calls for the creation of guidelines for a minimum data set of information on CHWs and the creation of national registries integrated into national human resources information systems to house this minimum data set.
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Resource Topic: Accreditation/Certification, CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Motivation/incentives, Recognition/remuneration, Recruitment and Retention
Resource Type: Issue papers
Year: 2014
Region: Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America (U.S. and Canada), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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