Community health workers (CHWs) have a key role to play if we are to achieve our ambitious goals to reduce child and maternal mortality globally. A wide diversity of CHW cadres have been established in many countries, both in the public sector and with nongovernmental organizations, yet several major challenges have emerged. Mobile phones can be transformative for community health workers (CHWs) in enhancing their influence and status and helping to solve practical problems. While formal intervention research can help advance mHealth application, most progress will come through a “diffusion of innovation” process.
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Models, Program Design, Scale-up, mHealth and Technology
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2014
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Country: Global
Publisher May Restrict Access: No