Authors: Kasahun Girma Tareke, Nahom Solomon, Firanbon Teshome
This qualitative study addresses the barriers in implementing the health developmental army (HDA) in an effort to successfully deliver health extension programs. Through in-depth interviews, this study determined four key themes in the barriers to the functionality of HDAs: structure/supervision challenges, community-related barriers/perceptions towards HDAs, lack of multi-sectoral collaboration, and the shortage of health extension workers. The paper suggests a need to troubleshoot solutions to these barriers, to improve the implementation of Ethiopia’s national CHW programs.
Link: Barriers for the Functional Implementation of Community Health Volunteers in Health Developmental Army in Debre Libanos District, Oromia, Ethiopia: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Health developmental army, Health extension program
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2022
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Ethiopia
Publisher May Restrict Access: No