Authors: Simon S, Chu K, Frieden M, Candrinho B, Ford N, Schneider H, Biot M.
The need to scale up treatment for HIV/AIDS has led to a revival in community health workers to help alleviate the health human resource crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Community health workers have been employed in Mozambique since the 1970s, performing disparate and fragmented activities, with mixed results. An integrated community health team approach, established jointly by the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières in 2007, has improved accountability, relevance, and geographical access for basic health services. The community health team has several advantages over ‘disease-specific’ community health worker approaches in terms of accountability, acceptability, and expanded access to care.
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, HIV and AIDS, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Scale-up
Resource Type: Journal articles, Research
Year: 2009
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Country: Mozambique
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