Authors: Financing Alliance for health
Financing Alliance for Health has produced a series of country case studies providing robust information on community health system profiles, taking a financing lens. Each case study includes insights on community health system context, structure and lessons on financing.
Zambia’s Ministry of Health in 2007 synthesized evidence based practices from Ethiopia and Malawi to create the nations’ first community health worker program. Key factors in the program’s success include:
- Inclusive, iterative process to secure buy-in and build momentum
- Use of evidence-based research
- Reliance on flexible, committed, and diverse partnerships
- Integration with existing community volunteer workforces
- A dedicated person or group to manage community health
- Dedicated continuous improvement
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Program Evaluation
Resource Type: Evaluation, FAH, Presentations
Year: 2020
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Zambia
Publisher May Restrict Access: No