Authors: Niall Winters, JamesO'Donovan, Anne Geniets
How will we address the predicted worldwide shortage of over 14 million health workers by 2030? At the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland in 2015, a 4-year US$100 million fund supporting Last Mile Health and Living Goods to train 50,000 CHWs in six countries was launched. This commentary details the goals and challenges of such an initiative.
Link: A new era for community health in countries of low and middle income
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Leadership, Scale-up, Training, mHealth and Technology
Resource Type: Frameworks, Issue papers, Research
Year: 2018
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Publisher May Restrict Access: No